One client had a windows server with a memory leak problem that needed further investigation. While the application was still being checked, the production server had to be rebooted at least once a week. What struck me was that they really assigned an FTE to log in after midnight to reboot the server manually. And this is really unnecessary. While I understand that a highly critical system … [Read more...]
How to Install a Certificate on Windows Server
Steps to Install a Certificate on a Window Server Right-click on Windows button at the bottom left corner and select Run. Type in mmc and click OK. On the new Console window menu, click on file and select Add/Remove Snap-in... or press Ctrl+M. Select Certificates and click on Add > button. Select Computer account and click Next. Click on Local computer and click Finish. You should … [Read more...]
How to Change the Time Stamp of a File Using PowerShell
From time to time, you may need to modify the time stamp of a file for archiving or any other reasons. This PowerShell script comes in handy when you need to do it. This is for a one-off tweak of a file. If you're doing this in bulk, it's probably better to use Robocopy with a /copy:T option (see an example here) to copy all the attributes including the time stamp. Or Two … [Read more...]
How to Solve Intermittent 403 Error in IIS
Symptoms You can load the page just fine, but after going through the pages quickly or by opening several tabs at once, you see a 403 error: 403 - Forbidden: Access is denied. You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied. This is a bit misleading since you might right away think that the you do not have permission to access … [Read more...]
How to Get Application Pool Identity Password With AppCmd
Typically, web application is run using ApplicationPoolIdentity on IIS. However, for various reasons, it's very common to find large corporations use service accounts to run the application pools. Sometimes the challenge comes when you need to move the website to a different server and you're not given the proper credential to set it up on the new environment. What's worse, it's also not … [Read more...]
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