windows-server-2008-r2

Restoring SQL 2008 R2 db on SQL 2008 Standard

I'm trying to take a SQL Server 2008 R2 Expression db and restore it on my local SQL Server 2008 standard, however it gives me the error: The media family on device 'C:\jtoth\Backups\ucampus.bak' is incorrectly formed. SQL Server cannot process this media family. R2 is version 660 and standard is 655 and I know that you can't restore t...

How to detect Remote Desktop Session Host using registry ?

I need to detect if Remote Desktop Session Host is installed in windows server 2008 using registry data as part of the prerequisite checker for our product. Earlier it was known as terminal service which could be detected using the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Terminal Server\TSEnabled key but now this key "TSEnabled" ...

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 freezes while running webtests in windows R2 2008

I have installed Visual studio 2008 with SP1 on Windows R2 2008. When I try to run webtests (which previously ran in VS2008 on Windows 7) I get an error message saying "Test Not Executed with a warning message". After this error message is displayed Visual studio just freezes. I am unable to click and open any other tests. The only way ...

How many files can a windows server 2008 r2 directory safely hold?

How many files can a windows server 2008 r2 directory safely hold? I'm thinking in terms of a website that has image galleries. Say there is one directory that holds all the thumbnails and a different directory that holds the full size images. How many pairs of images can be safely stored? Or, if there isn't a good cut-and-dry answer, ...

Cruise Control .NET, .NET 4.0, WS 2008 R2, NUnit seems to require COMPLUS_Version ?

Trying to configure NUnit 2.5.8.10295 in Cruise Control.NET on Windows Server 2008 R2, .NET 4.0, my NUnit task times out, and nunit-agent.exe seems stuck running. It works fine from the command line. The only solution I've found is to define the environment variable COMPLUS_Version. Is there a better solution to this problem? C:...

My application hangs up randomly when contacting the IIS server: What's going on?

I wrote a WPF application that utilizes WebService calls to a server running IIS to get data. The problem is that sometimes the application throws an exception (or crashes) because it can't establish a connection. This continues to happen until I restart the IIS service and I'm not sure what is going on. Background Info: - The applicat...

c# WebBrowser SVG Windows 2008 R2

I have a WebBrowser in my C# application, in which i want to show a SVG file. However, when I run the app on a Windows 2008 R2 machine, the SVG file does not show up. When I have a look at the same file on the same server in Internet Explorer, everything looks ok. What i already have tried: IE ESC settings on or off Trusted Sites / L...

Saving an Excel Workbook on the Server through ASP.NET and IIS7

Hi, The following code samples produce the same error when I perform the SAVEAS: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application excelApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application(); filePath = (string.Format("{0}.{1}", Path.GetTempFileName(), "xls")); ...do some stuff to the workbook ... excelApp.DisplayAlerts = false; excelApp.A...