A very simple stress-test The other day I was asked by a customer if I a small application that could be used to stress a web application. I didn't feel like responding "Sure I do! Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition For Software Testers" and I also didn...

What do you do when your StateServer is running high on CPU and your application log is filling up with alerts like: Unable to make the session state request to the session state server.
Please ensure that the ASP.NET State service is started and that the client and server ports are the same. If the server is on a remote machine, please ensure that it accepts remote requests by checking the value of HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\aspnet_state\Parameters\AllowRemoteConnection. ...

Using the WebClient.Upload method for posting large files will eventually leave you stranded with OutOfMemoryExceptions. This is because WebClient.Upload reads the entire file to memory by default. This is great for smaller files, but not so great if you're working with very large files. This post shows you how to build your own uploader and resolve the problem....