windows-server-2003

install php on server (iis6) when php already exists due to backup exec

I need to install or use php on a windows 2003 server that already has php 5.2.0.0 installed due (I think) to setting up symantec backup exec. I don't want to interfere with backup exec's php.ini settings - and would rather be able to control my own configuration of php. searching for php shows that php.exe and other php files are curr...

How can I run sqlcmd.exe from an ASP page? (Free hat)

As part of our database revision control (and auto-installation) procedures we need to be able run sqlcmd.exe on various .sql files from within an ASP page. The code I'm using to do this is: Dim cmd : cmd = "sqlcmd -S " & DATABASE_SERVER & " -U " & DATABASE_UID & " -P " & DATABASE_PWD & " -d " & DATABASE_NAME & " -i """ & scriptPath & "...

Certificate autoenrollment errors on Win 2003 development server

Automatic certificate enrollment for [userid] failed to enroll for one Basic EFS certificate (0x800706ba). The RPC server is unavailable. I have been getting these errors for a few weeks, about a dozen every day. I checked the certificates with MMC and they are going to expire in 2 weeks. I cannot find an answer to these questions: ...

is it safe to install mySQL on windows server 2003 when MS SQL 2005 express already exists?

[edit] I should note that I need to do this on a live production server. The MS SQL Server is already attached to our website and supports a 3rd party ERP package. I want to set up a separate database that I can code against for some auxiliary pages and internal-use apps) which will be completely independent (mostly for security, but a...

How to make PowerShell V2 Remoting work with Windows Server 2003?

I was testing PowerShell remoting: I installed PowerShell V2 CTP3 on my Windows XP desktop I installed WS-Management v1.1 on my Windows 2003 R2 server, which has its firewall disabled and no PowerShell installed. Both machines have .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 When I type on my desktop: Get-WmiObject -ComputerName computerNameHere Win32_S...

How to make ASP.NET MVC work in IIS 6?

I have installed .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and ASP.NET MVC CTP in a Windows Server 2003 R2 box, but my ASP.NET MVC site still doesn't work on that server. I was searching the internet and IIS for a solution and I noted that I can't choose other .NET Framework version besides 2.0 for my virtual directories. I'm almost sure if I correct this ...

UrlRedirect - IIS6 - PHP -> .NET

I am looking to move an existing WordPress installation to a custom platform comprised of a .net based blog as well as other new functionality/modules on the site running under IIS6/Win2k3. There are several thousand posts in the existing WordPress site that have been migrated to the new database structure, however, I'd like to preserve...

IIS Hang Troubleshooting

I'm running a website on IIS 6 (Windows Server 2003) that hangs occasionally. Timeline: Released to the wild, website ran fine for 3 days. Website hangs on every request until the website is stopped and started. Website runs for 2 weeks with no problem. Website hangs on every request until site is restarte...

Service developed on 32bit windows xp pro, fails to run on windows server 2003 64-bit

A windows service was developed and runs on a 32 bit machine. It communicates to the Project Web Access web service. Now, the service was moved to the same computer as the Project Web Access web service. The code fails and I recieve this error: System.Net.WebException: The request failed with HTTP status 401: Unauthorized. at ...

How to install msvcr71.dll correctly

Hi, how do i install msvcr71.dll on windows server 2003, which is needed by my software. I really don't want to copy this dll to system32 folder, because it may break this target system. ...

Reporting a WCF application's status to F5's Big IP products

In a Windows Server 2003 environment with a self hosted .Net 3.5/WCF application, how can an application report its status to a BigIP Local Traffic Manager? Example: One of my services errors. My custom WCF application hosting software (written because Windows Server 2008 is not yet available and I'm using WCF TCP bindings) detects thi...

Silverlight problem on windows server 2003

I have installed silverlight 2 on windows server 2003. but when I browse silverlight sites, nothing is shown. Please help me? ...

Differences between IIS 6.0 / Windows 2003 and IIS 7.0 / Windows 2008

I am considering currently to get a VPS for some of my development test. I found some VPS at a cheap price, which suits me as it's only going to be used as a sandbox. So far I know it is possible to install .Net 3.5 on the windows 2003 without problems, if I am correct it will be also possible to use IIS6 for all my development includi...

Perfmon won't run any more

Today I broke perfmon... :( I can start the application, the three default counters (cpu, mem, disk) are there, but the graph won't move. The Data Source is set to "Current Activity", the "Freeze Display" button is not pressed. I just rebooted, started perfmon, and no moving graph. I tried restoring the counters using C:\WINDOWS\syst...

Smart card client certificate doesn't get registered in Personal store on Win 2003 x64 server

I'm accessing a smart card from c# through the Windows Certificate Store. This works well on many systems. On one system however, it doesn't. The smart card certificate is not added to the Personal Certificates. We need it to be in the certificate store in order to access it from C#, like this: X509Store store = new X509Store(StoreNam...

Where are all the places that VBA macros for Excel 2007 can be turned off?

Macros refuse to run for me in Excel 2007 on Windows Server 2003. The macro and visual basic icons on the ribbon are grayed out. If I open a workbook with a macro, I get the warning: " This workbook has lost its VBA project, ActiveX controls and any other programmability-related features." If I try to make a new excel template in VSTO (E...

Running 32-bit ASP.NEt 3.5 apps in Windows 2003 64-bit

I've managed to get my 32-bit apps working on IIS in Windows Server 2003 64-bit, but I'm wondering if I will encounter any other issues doing so. Any ideas? ...

Windows Service in .net cannot resolve tns service name

I have moved a component of our application from a webservice to a Windows Service. It connects to oracle perfectly from the webservice but refuses to see the Tns names from the Windows service. I have given full control to the ORAHOME dir to the account the service is running under. I have also checked the service account permission t...

Scheduled task not able to write files on an external server

Hello everybody, I'm having problems with a scheduled task running in a windows 2003 server scheduled task Task is running under the nt authority/system account sending files to another windows2003 server in same domain. Machine where task is executed runs under a domain account with limited permissions in domain and machine Folder ...

Obtain the password of ASPNET account

Is there any way to obtain (not change) the password of the ASPNET account on a Windows Server 2003 server? I need to snyc my workstation's ASPNET account password with the one on the server I am trying to connect to. I am trying to trouble shoot the following issue with my ASP.NET application. ...