August 3, 2012

IIS and FTP permissions

Windows General,

IIS and FTP Permissions: Common Issues and How to Fix Them Incorrect IIS and FTP permissions are among the most common causes of website errors, authentication failures, and file access issues on Windows servers. This guide explains how to verify IIS user permissions, configure application access, and troubleshoot common FTP problems. If you’re unable to…

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May 28, 2011

Prevent synattack in Windows server 2003

Windows General,

To prevent synattack in Windows server 2003 please follow this- Save the following in synattackprotect.reg and double click it to merge- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00...

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May 28, 2011

Windows log file locations

Windows General,

Please note the path may differ with respect to the application installed or configured (IIS) SMTP log files C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\SMTPSVC1 Webalizer other statistics logs IIS -> domain -> website -> right click -> open -> You can find account name / logs ex: e:\billgates\logs e:\billgates\microsoft.com IIS logs IIS -> domain -> properties -> Website -> properties…

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May 28, 2011

Problem with webmail

Windows General,

Webmail is not working Cause – I 1. Make sure the IME_ADMIN and IME_USER are having permission for the webmail folder. IME_ADMIN should have full control. 2. If still there are problems, change the webmail’s application pool -> prop -> change to user / network service. 3. Make sure mail enable /Plesk DNS services are…

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May 28, 2011

Problem with Webshell (page not found error)

Windows General,

ERROR: Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in C:\Program Files\HSphere\3rdparty\WebShell4\includes\functions.php on line 768 Webshell link not opening from H-sphere control panel. ex: H-sphere -> user / reseller -> File manager / FTP manager -> Webshell -> login -> Page not found error Solution: Goto server -> IIS -> Default site -> properties -> Advanced ->…

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May 28, 2011

Enable Audio from remote machine through RDP

Windows General,

Here are the steps to follow to enable audio from remote machines in windows: Steps: 1. First check the RDP application has audio enabled Start ->mstsc ->options in RDC application...

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May 28, 2011

Windows Client Experience in Server OS

Windows General,

To enable the windows vista/windows 7 experience (theme) in server three things should be considered: 1.Installing Terminal server Role 2.Installing Desktop Experience 3.Modifying Group policy to take effect the theme...

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May 28, 2011

FTP Problems in Virtuozzo Servers

Windows General,

When connecting to VPS via FTP( Say File zilla ) which results in Could not connect to server. But the settings will be perfect. You check with server FTP settings, Permissions, ports, FTP modes etc and see everything is fine to avoid FTP Problems in Virtuozzo. Cause of FTP Problems in Virtuozzo After uploading large…

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May 28, 2011

MSSQL – Enabling “Service Broker protocol” for a DB

Windows General,

To determine whether or not Service Broker is enabled for a particular database, execute the following T-SQL: SELECT is_broker_enabled FROM sys.databases WHERE name = ‘Database name’; — Enable Service Broker: ALTER DATABASE [Database Name] SET ENABLE_BROKER; — Disable Service Broker: ALTER DATABASE [Database Name] SET DISABLE_BROKER; Database Mirroring will be enabled after installing  Service Pack…

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May 28, 2011

Event viewer error message “Metabase Key 7041 is out of range. using 1 as default”

Windows General,

When you access a website in Event viewer there is a error message "Metabase Key 7041 is out of range. using 1 as default". Metabase Key 7041 - AspExecuteInMTA AspExecuteInMTA Metabase Property(ASP pages to run on multithreaded apartment (MTA) threads instead of single-threaded apartment (STA) threads. Analysis If your COM components are primarily free-threaded or…

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