How do I change the file extension handler in IIS7? In IIS6 it's in the IIS 6.0 Manger under the website properties, Home Directory tab, Configuration button, Application extensions grid. ..... more »

While building another lab, I noticed these two errors popping up in the Application log:. Event Type: Error Event Source: GetEngineFiles Event Category: Engine Error Event ID: 6014 Date: 4/13/2008 Time: 3:00:26 PM User: N/A ..... more »

You can find the Hyper-V Manager MMC here, there’s versions for both x64 and x86. Download: Vista x64 Edition | Vista x86 Edition. Source:→ Microsoft. This post is from Deepak Gupta's - D' Technology Weblog ..... more »

I thought I'd document how to setup the new sysprep process equivalent on Windows 2008 since the old setupmgr file for making sysprep.inf's doesn't exist anymore (and neither does sysprep.inf). The first step is acquiring the Windows ..... more »

NOTE: I have used pre-Microsoft Groove Virtual Office for (literally) years. I just downloaded the Groove 2007 trial software. I am running Vista Home Premium. Much to my chagrin, I cannot create a New Workspace: when I attempt to do ..... more »

Microsoft FxCop 1.35 for download Fxcop 1.35 can be found here: Download Microsoft FxCop 1.35 FxCop has historically been on GotDotNet - Since we turned that off last week we didn't have a location for downloading "just" the released ..... more »

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As far as features, I found this blog entry from Bill Staples (the big kahuna for IIS 7) very educational. He lists all the ways to get the new features of IIS 7 - now that the modular architecture allows the team to ship components ..... more »

A coworker of mine has posted an issue on Microsoft’s Connect site, which is a gateway to presenting MS software issues directly to the developers of MS products, regarding the Silverlight web development platform. ..... more »

This book guides you beyond the networking technology and concepts you already know and teaches you the crucial new features of IIS 7 that will help you succeed with this dramatically different Web server. ..... more »

In it, he has quite a few arguments why something like Silverlight (and Flex for that matter) will never amount to anything. I disagree with almost all of his points, but one stuck with me more: the inability to do deeplinking... more »

This past week Microsoft released Silverlight 2.0 beta2, however installing the new version hasnt always been the easiest thing to do. After struggling away and getting install errors here my advice on the best way to get SL2 Beta 2 ..... more »

how can i realize a menu like this in Blend? my problem is, that the "motion path" -function like in an WPF application isn't available in silverlight. I'm not very fimiliar with javascript, so that it would be great to realize this ..... more »

The HP DL-160 and Dell 1950 servers required several updates throughout our six-week test period to accommodate the CPU throttling features of Windows 2008 and Linux. We truly know from the trenches that it really isn't easy getting ..... more »

Summary: I am publishing SMTP service to the web. ... I have set up a filter to block access to this service form a group of ip ranges. ... Can spammers do something to the packets fulling ISA server into thinking that these packets ..... more »

"iPhone 3G supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync right out of the box, runs the incredible third party apps created with the iPhone SDK, and will be available in more than 70 countries around the world this year." ..... more »

When initializing a remote procedure call (RPC) to the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service, Exchange could not retrieve the SID for account Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services ..... more »

I’ve seen this before but it was interesting to see it on Monday afternoon, just hours after the Microsoft folks gave what can only be described as a weak SharePoint demo. Why didn’t they show Social Sites, since they included other ..... more »

From SharePoint Brain Freeze ... The SharePoint Smart 404 project provides enhanced 404 support and support for vanity URL's. More Codeplex. Mark Harrison... more »

The 2008 Microsoft Game Studios Yearbook chronicles the graduates, like the soon-to-be released Ninja Gaiden II, and the titles that didn’t make it to grad, like Alan Wake. Yep, he had to be held back for a semester or two. ..... more »