August 2007 - Posts

• Generating user instances in SQL Server is disabled. Use sp_configure 'user instances enabled' to generate user instances

  If you are getting the following error: “Generating user instances in SQL Server is disabled. Use sp_configure 'user instances enabled' to generate user instances” What should I do? Answer : To fix this, please Open the SQL Server Management Studio Express. Read More... Posted Friday, August 31, 2007 1:53 PM by hongmeig | 0 Comments

• How to make IIS hosted WCF service work with Card Space using localhost

  First let me explain why it does not work. There are three string comparisons done by card space. The information card has Issuer, IssuerEndpointAddress, and IssuerMexAddress. When you hit a web site which requires an information card, in other words, Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 9:48 PM by hongmeig | 1 Comments

• How to use findstr with regular expression

  By default findstr does the comparison with regular expression. However, what surprised me is that the following command does not work. findstr "abc|def" test.txt when test.txt has only abc in it. According to the online tutorial such as http://www.regular-expressions.info/reference.html Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 9:42 PM by hongmeig | 0 Comments

• How to change your web site from https://localhost to https://mydomain.com

  There are three steps you need to take to make it work. 1. Modify your hosts file under \Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts and add the following entry: 127.0.0.1 mydomain.com 2. Turn off your proxy dection from the IE, Go to Tools->Internet Options->Connection->LAN Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:16 PM by hongmeig | 0 Comments

• How do I turn on windows authentication in IIS 7

  In IIS 6, you can start the IIS manager by typing the inetmgr at the Start->Run windows, and click on the web site, Right click on the web site, go to the directory security, you will have windows authentication check box to click. In IIS 7, it is Read More... Posted Monday, August 20, 2007 8:38 PM by hongmeig | 1 Comments