windows-server-2008

2008 Datacenter Word Automation issue

We have an application that uses word automation. It works fine under Windows XP, but does not work on our Windows Server 2008 64-bit virtual machine running on VMware ESX unless it is running as the domain administrator. Under any other account (including a local admin), Word starts, uses a lot of CPU for 40 seconds when opening a doc...

Disk IO Performance Limitations based on numbers of folders/files

I have an application where users are allowed to upload images to the server. Our Web Server is a windows 2008 server and we have a site (images.mysite.com) that points to a shared drive on a unix box. The code used to do the uploading is C# 3.5. The system currently supports a workflow where after a threshold is met a new subfolder c...

Can't find IISROOTFOLDER on Windows Server 2008

I'm using installshield to install my website to IIS, it works fine on windows server 2003, but while running on windows server 2008, it raise an error saying: Error 1606. Could not access network location {IISROOTFOLDER}. How can I fix this problem? ...

SQL Server cluster install issue

Hello everyone, I am going to install SQL Server 2008 Enterprise cluster on Windows Server 2008. I am wondering whether I have to setup a Windows domain (or active directory) in order to install SQL Server cluster? thanks in advance, George ...

How do I set a Group Policy's Password Policy in C#

I am trying to retrieve a group policy from a Windows Server 2008 Active Directory and change the minimum password age, maximum password age, and minimum password length in a C# application. Is there a way to do this? So far I have only found out how to create new Group Policy objects using Interop.GPMGMTLib (gpmgmt.dll), yet I haven...

NAnt authorization access issue

I'm having a problem trying to move a file through my network, I want to transfer the release from my continuos integration virtual machine to the host of this VM. but i get this: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path '\\192.168.0.36\E$\WebApps\MyProgram' is denied. at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, Str...

does PHP Version 5.3.2 work without <?php woth with <?

i have one complete website which was written in php4, now my hosting server is PHP Version 5.3.2, windows 2008 server and my site is not working, what i found is old site use following syntax <? but if i change it into <?php page start working. is there any way to solve this issue... PHP Version 5.3.2 work with <? any scri...

Hosting Mercurial on IIS7

Note, this might perhaps be best suited on serverfault.com, but since it is about hosting a programmer source code repository, I am not entirely sure. I'm posting here first, trusting that it'll be migrated if necessary. I'm attempting to host clones of my Mercurial repositories on my own server (I have the main repo somewhere else), an...

Run Windows application as a service?

What is the cleanest, most reliable way to run a Windows application as a service without touching its code? Use case: NorthScale's 64-bit Windows version of memcached runs as a generic application. I'd like to stick it into a Windows 2003 or 2008 Service so I can start/stop/restart/etc it through the standard interface. ...

Where is IIS Out-Of-Process in Windows Server 2008?

Hi, I've installed all the components of IIS 7 on a Windows Server 2008 box but I don't see IIS Out-Of-Process Pooled Applications in Component Services. How do I get it ? I have a .dll file that I want to drag it here. I have IIS 6 locally and it has IIS Out-Of-Process Pooled Applications under Control Panel -> Administrative Tools ->...

Manage DNS Zone in "slave" Mode with MS Windows 2008 R2

Hello @all following issue, I configure a DNS Zone "location.domain.tld" for my internal Network and it works well, but now I want to manage the domain.tld for my internal Network, but the domain.tld is managed by an external DNS Provider. In location.domain.tld there are all Clients and Servers for internal use only (with local IPs)...

Can anybody tell me where I can get 32 bit version of IESHIMS.dll and GPSVC.dll which will be compatible with Windows Server

Hi All I am facing one problem that my 32 bit ocx doesnt get register on Windows Server 2008R2. After using the dependency walker I came to knew that 32 bit version of GPSVC.dll and IESHIMS.dll are missing on R2 OS. So I tried to serach the 32 bit versions of these dll for R2 on net but did not find these dlls. So can any body tell me w...

Windows Service Printing Behaviour

Alright, I was tasked to develop a Windows Service that listens to a directory for files that are dropped in it, read them, delete them and print out a report. I installed the service on my work laptop (Win 7 x86) and a test machine (XP x86) under a User account at first. It would do everything as it should except the print the report. ...

WinForms - DateTimePicker default month selection behavior for Server 2003 vs Server 2008?

Good Afternoon! Has anybody else noticed a change in the default behavior of the "next" and "previous" month arrows in the standard WinForms DateTimePicker control? I have users running on both Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 R2, and they are reporting that on 2008 (and Vista/Win7), clicking the right or left arrows on the ...

printing from crystal reports activex printcontrol gives needless error

I've got an asp.net application running on a windows 2008 64 bit server that gives an error after printing a crystal report. The server has CR 2008 runtime sp2 installed and views fine. When printing from the print button of the CR viewer the print dialog appears and prints correctly but throws the following error message after printin...

Pushing a mail include to a java program

Hi, I have a Windows Server that recives mail. These mail contains only 1 single CSV file. I want my server to automatically take the attachment from any incoming mail and send to a java program locally installed. Is there anyone who can give me directions on any programs that fix this or do I need to create some kind of windows service...

JVM stops at 2GB under windows Server 2008 R2

I have a problem with a java application. Using a 64bit JVM (1.60.0_20) under windows server 2008 r2 (64bit), the application hangs at 2GB allocated memory, it will not go beyond that mark even after changing the JVM settings to allocate more (-Xmx5000m); this is on an EC2 instance with 7.5GB available memory. ...

script for Local Security Policy

I'm looking for some guidance on how to automat applying a set of permissions withn the local security policy to a multiple users on multiple servers. For example, via a script, I want to apply "act as part of the operating system" and "adjust memoroy quotas for a process" to user TEST1 and TEST2. Any feedback on how to get started w...

Why is this giving me 2 different sets of timezones?

Edit I believe this is a issue with I am using windows 7 and my server is windows 2008. I think windows 2008 uses still GMT. So how could I get around this issue. Like I want to deal in UTC but I want to have the default selected item to be "Coordinated Universal Time" what is not in the gmt list but in the UTC list. So I am not sure ...

How to send email from an EC2 instance using GoDaddy's SMTP server?

SMTP is a whole new ballgame for me, but I am reading up on it. I am attempting to send email from my EC2 instance using GoDaddy's SMTP server. My domain name is registered through GoDaddy and I have 2 email accounts with them. I can successfully send the email from my dev box no problem. my web.config <system.net> <mailSettings...