IIS SMTP Server SmtpOutboundCommandSupportOptions Bug
The Simple Mail Transport Protocol (or SMTP for short) Server has been a part of Internet Information Services (IIS) since the days of Windows NT Server. Over the years, little about it has changed,...
View ArticleFrontPage Server Extensions – The End Is Nigh
How many of you out there are still using FrontPage Server Extensions? A few hands. Most have moved off FrontPage, but there are still a few whose websites are totally dependent on FrontPage. For...
View ArticleGetting Version Information of a Microsoft SQL Server Instance
When working on a customer's Microsoft SQL Server, it often helpful to know what edition it is and what service packs are install. This is a Transact-SQL query that will return (almost) everything one...
View ArticleTime and the Single Windows Server
How Windows servers update, or not update, their clocks is something that might not be readily understood by the average hosting customer, but it can be very important if your web applications are...
View ArticleLarge Send Offload and Network Performance
One issue that I continually see reported by customers is slow network performance. Although there are literally a ton of issues that can effect how fast data moves to and from a server, there is one...
View ArticleDisabling Large Send Offload – Windows
In an earlier post, I described the Large Send Offload (LSO) feature of modern Ethernet adapters and why it can cause havoc with network performance. And since this is enabled by default, you have to...
View ArticleDisappearing VSS System Writer and ASP.NET
When a server backup program utilizes Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), sometimes you have to fix problems when one or more of the writers fails or disappears. This can usually be repaired by running...
View ArticleSizing The Windows Page File
A common question is how big should the Windows page file be? In my opinion, as small as possible. The Windows page file is analogous to the Linux swap file. It's a file on the hard disk that serves...
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