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Changing ASP.NET version in ASP.NET tab of IIS has no effect
I ran into another similar issue while playing around and thought I must share... By default, when...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 06/13/2007
I am an Admin on my PC... why doesn't my PC recognize me?
Well, as always... let me begin with a some background information. I had an IIS server named...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 06/13/2007
Windows Remote Assistance - A life saver in Vista!!
I installed Microsoft Communicator 2007 (public beta) today and found that it was pretty cool. Read...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 05/23/2007
customErrors defaultRedirect is not redirecting in ASP.NET
In one of my projects I was trying to use customErrors in ASP.NET and it was not working as I would...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 05/18/2007
Social Bookmarking Tags for Windows Live Writer
I am not very good in keeping promises, but this time I will make an exception :) I promised a while...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 05/14/2007
Social Bookmarking Tool 2.0 Released
A while ago, I released a pretty basic version of Social Bookmarking Tool and gradually made it to...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 05/07/2007
Really nice free installer to create MSI files
At home, I just have Visual Studio Express editions and one downside to it is that it doesn't have...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 05/06/2007
Icons for different Social Bookmarking Sites
This post is meant just for hosting different icons of other Social Bookmarking Sites which my...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 05/02/2007
Social Bookmarking Tool 1.1 now supports 20 bookmarking websites
I created a Social Bookmarking Tool a while ago, and it initially supported only the following 6...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 05/01/2007
Windows Live Writer Plugin - Insert Yahoo and MSN Smileys (Emoticons)
I enjoy coding and working with Graphics. So, when I learnt that creating the Windows Live Writer...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/24/2007
Windows Live Writer Plugin - Insert Yahoo and MSN Smileys (Emoticons)
I enjoy coding and working with Graphics. So, when I learnt that creating the Windows Live Writer...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/24/2007
My daughter's one year Journey... (Photo Story!)
Time flies!! Last year, on 29th April a little angel came in my life and I named her Anika, which is...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/18/2007
Create Windows Live Writer plugin using Visual Basic.NET
Windows Live Writer is cool! I use it to create my blog posts and of late, I wanted to make my blog...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/16/2007
Social Bookmarking Tool 1.1
I thought of extending some features of my small little tool posted here. In this version, instead...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/13/2007
Internet Explorer 7 crashes after installing some cool add-ons. What next?
This was a real nasty one! My blog would have had a few more interesting entries had this not...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/05/2007
Using Forms Based Authentication in ASP.NET for Static Content (Doc Files, PDF Files etc.)
Scenario:You want to implement Forms based authentication for ASP.NET web application, and you have...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/02/2007
Social Bookmarking Tool Page
Social Bookmarking is rocking big time these days! If you are not aware of it by any chance, read...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/02/2007
DLL Hell - L + P = Help :o)
First up, I admit the atrocities of dll hell. But this post is not about it :o) If you have ever...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 04/01/2007
DW20.exe was stopping us from taking the Crash Dumps in w3wp.exe! How to disable it?
While I was working on this issue today, I was thinking of this old adage... "When the going gets...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 03/29/2007
How to get the Folder Size in VB.NET
My problem was not really big, but it was a problem which really irritated me a lot!! We store data...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 03/14/2007
Troubleshooting Session Related Issues in ASP.NET
In this article I have discussed some of the common reasons for session loss issues in ASP.NET. I...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 03/08/2007
Using System.Management to get information about the Operating System from your VB.NET Application
I blogged about how to find Operating System Information from your VB.NET 2005 application last year...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 03/07/2007
Social Bookmarking Tool 1.0
Social Bookmarking Tool 1.0 is a very simple and easy to use tool for creating automatic hyperlinks...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 02/22/2007
Mix 07 - A 72 hour conversation!
<Excerpt> Microsoft is hosting a 72-hour conversation, and you're invited. April 30 - May 2nd,...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 02/20/2007
Social Bookmarking
Quite often I have encountered blog entries lately where I see the following social bookmarking...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 02/19/2007
Too good!!! A love story worth sharing :o)
This is something I had to share, just couldn't stop myself from doing it!...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 02/15/2007
A sample aspx page to show the security details
This is a pretty small sample to help you figure out the ASP.NET identity matrix and how it comes in...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 02/12/2007
System.CodeDom.Compiler error!
Got an interesting one today... Customer had a Windows 2000 box and lots of websites. Everything use...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 01/30/2007
Customize errors which are not captured by customErrors in ASP.NET 2.0
Yesterday, I came up with an interesting issue where a customer wanted to customize a 500 error...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 01/18/2007
Troubleshooting Cookies - A Case Study
A few days ago, one of my colleagues asked a very simple question... "Do we have any document which...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 01/17/2007
Compare file versions and other important details on two different boxes
Quite often, we hear that two boxes are completely alike but for some reason a program that works on...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 01/15/2007
How to read User and System Variables using VBScript
Quite easy! Dim objWSHDim objUserVariablesDim objSystemVariables Set objWSH =...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 12/29/2006
Are you getting OutOfMemoryExceptions when uploading large files?
Getting OutOfMemoryExceptions when uploading large files is a very common problem and we...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 12/23/2006
Yippee!! VS 2005 SP 1 is available now... Finally!!! :)
I am so happy to see the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1) being released (finally)! Know more...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 12/15/2006
Open EXCEL file with VB6 and read the content
I was planning to write an application today which simply opens an Excel file and read the Cell...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 12/15/2006
Network Monitor
Quite often, we need to analyze Network traces to find out if the issue is something related to...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 12/11/2006
Executing a simple C# CGI.exe from IE address bar throws error
Not that I recommend CGI, but recently I found an interesting issue. Whenever we tried to execute an...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 11/28/2006
Some links and links to links for User mode debugging
This one is supposed to be a a handy list (of links and links to links :o) which I will maintain...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 10/09/2006
Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar
Basically, I am a server side guy dealing with IIS, ASP, ASP.NET etc and not too much into Client...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 10/04/2006
Logparser Scenario 6:Searching files for culprits when you don't have Visual Studio on the Server.
This blog entry is a continuation of the KB Article https://support.microsoft.com/?id=910447....
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 10/01/2006
What could be a more reliable way to find out "A word or phrase in the file"?
Well, I don't trust A word or phrase in the file search in Windows XP. And sure it needs...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 10/01/2006
My most favorite Screen Capture utility
There is a lot to write about this magnificent tool, which saves me quite a lot of time these days,...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 09/28/2006
My most favorite P2P software
What else, but Shareaza! <Extract from www.shareaza.com> Shareaza is the most luxurious and...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 09/28/2006
Logparser Scenario 5:Analyzing the IISlogs to see if there is any pattern for errors
This blog entry is a continuation of the KB Article https://support.microsoft.com/?id=910447....
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 09/18/2006
LogParser - Tips and Tricks - Search for all the fieldnames available for a given input type
Sometimes while querying using LogParser, you might not be able to recall the field names and what...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 09/18/2006
Log Parser 2.2 and ASP.NET - ASP.NET Support Voice Column released
This is my first article for Microsoft ASP.NET Support Voice Column! I hope you will enjoy it. I am...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 09/08/2006
String Concatenation vs String Builder - The performance hit! See it to believe it :o)
In this post, I am going to discuss about using String Concatenation vs String Builder. I have...
Author: imRahulSoni Date: 08/29/2006