One of the better ways of managing IIS is by doing it remotely from your local computer instead of logging in to the server itself. The Web Management Service (WMSVC) in IIS allows a remote connection into a Windows Server 2012 R2 by using the IIS … [Continue reading]
When you're upgrading code from .NET Framework 1.1 to 2.0, you will get a few warnings if you use an obsolete API such as ConfigurationSettings.GetConfig, you may see something similar to this: To which you have to replace it with … [Continue reading]
When you try to install Windows Server 2012 R2 as a VM on an Oracle Virtual Box, you may run into this error message:Your PC needs to restart. Please hold down the power button. Error Code: … [Continue reading]
As part of Windows Server migration project to Windows Server 2012 R2, for the reason of practicality, sometimes a deprecated internal SMTP server is still required. When you enabled Windows SMTP Virtual Server, the default location is always going … [Continue reading]
When migrating ASP.NET applications from Windows Server 2003 (IIS 6) to 2012 R2 (IIS 8.5), right away, one web application displayed the yellow screen of death with the following error message: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Login failed for … [Continue reading]