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WordPress 3.5 on IIS 8.0 is unable to save a web.config file
WordPress 3.5 on IIS 8.0 is unable to save a web.config file because of a hard IIS version check in wp-includes/vars.php. Quick fix available here.
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Create your own PHP based Origin Pull CDN
The advantage of having your website content hosted on a Content Delivery Network (CDN) is having your content distributed and stored across the Globe. Utilizing the network of the Content Delivery Network provider. Hosting your WordPress website on a Content Delivery Network is an important WordPress optimization tip. Here is how to create your own Origin Pull CDN with just a few lines of PHP...
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Convert .htaccess to web.config
This post describes some of the IIS URL Rewrite Module web.config equivalents of commonly used Apache .htaccess settings. This is useful when you convert your Apache .htaccess to IIS web.config. The second part of this post outlines how to use Internet Information Services Manager to import and convert .htaccess rules to web.config.
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PHP with WinCache on IIS
Learn how to install PHP on Windows Server IIS. With Windows Cache Extension for PHP (WinCache) and a custom php.ini path. WinCache enabled PHP gives you great performance for WordPress, Drupal and Joomla websites, and decreases CPU usage. A custom php.ini file path offers more flexibility.
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Remove ETags HTTP response header in IIS
In this post you'll learn how to remove the ETag header in Windows Server IIS as Yahoo! YSlow recommends. Here I show you how to properly remove ETag HTTP response headers with an IIS Rewrite Module Outbound rewrite rule.
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"The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configured maxUrlLength value"
Learn how to increase IIS' max URL length value to resolve the IIS and ASP.NET error message "The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configured maxUrlLength value". The Windows Server IIS maximum URL length is defined by the HttpRuntimeSection.MaxUrlLength property. Its value is 260 characters. This may cause problems with longer than configured maxUrlLength URL’s.
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Multiple IIS 6.0/7.5 Vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities found in IIS 6.0 and 7.5 web servers. On the Full-Disclosure mailinglist Kingcope posted several IIS 6.0 and 7.5 bugs. Because I am a Windows Server and IIS admin, I took some time to test the various vulnerabilities ...
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Microsoft Deployment Workbench: silent installation of various applications
Silent installation command-line arguments to install and deploy applicatoins using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). Install programs like 7-Zip, Windows Update Agent, IIS Manager and Microsoft Office silently and unattended.
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“System.Web.HttpException (0x80004005): The URL-encoded form data is not valid.” error after MS11-100
"HttpException (0x80004005): The URL-encoded form data is not valid." is an error that might occur after applying MS11-100 out-of-band security update for ASP.NET. Here is how to fix this er
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How to use .htaccess files on Windows Server IIS
In this post I'll provide you with some useful .htaccess URL rewrite examples. For Windows Server IIS.
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Start all stopped application pools in IIS 6.0
How to stop and start application pools using VBScript and ADSI in Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6.0. Iterate with vbscript and ADSI through the IIS 6.0 metabase AppPool objects, find out their .State value and start an AppPool if its state isn't running.
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WCF Service error: “This collection already contains an address with scheme http.”
"This collection already contains an address with scheme http. There can be at most one address per scheme in this collection." is a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) error message indicating you are trying to add an already existing binding. By default the web service listens to all in IIS configured host headers. A host header is the website address, for example example.com and www.example.com. If this is not correctly added to the web.config file, the following error is thrown
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Failed Request Tracing error LOG FILE MAX SIZE TRUNCATE
Failed Request Tracing (FREB) error LOG FILE MAX SIZE TRUNCATE. The maximum size of an FREB log file, in IIS 7+, is 512 KB per default. Once that size is reached, the log file is cut off (truncated) and a message LOG_FILE_MAX_SIZE_TRUNCATE is logged. Use AppCmd.exe to increase the maximum size for failed request logs.
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PHP on IIS: No input file specified.
Here is how to resolve the no input file specified error with PHP and IIS. When you host your PHP website on Windows Server IIS, you may receive an "No input file specified" error message, when a HTTP request is made to non-existing .php files. When this happens you probably have no Request Restrictions configured in IIS' PHP handler set
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“Forensic Log Parsing with Microsoft’s LogParser”
Just stumbled upon: Forensic Log Parsing with Microsoft's LogParser. Log parser is a powerful, versatile tool that provides universal query access to text-based data such as log files, XML files and CSV files, as well as key data sources on the Windows® operating system such as the Event Log, the Registry, the file system, and Active Directory®.