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Image or ImageButton without ImageUrl Causes HTTP GET for Default Document
I recently worked an issue with a customer who was seeing an error in his application due to a null reference. The error was perplexing because the object that was null was populated on the logon page of the application, but the error was occurring after Read More...
Posted 28 January 09 08:25 by jamesche | 3 Comments   
Sessions and Classes
Any programmer knows that logic errors are among the most difficult to troubleshoot. I was recently working with a developer who was encountering an obscure logic bug concerning session variables, and the case raised an interesting (and important) point Read More...
Posted 09 January 09 01:20 by jamesche | 0 Comments   
Windows Home Server Data Corruption Fix
Windows Home Server is a great product, but it's been plagued by an infamous bug known as the Data Corruption Bug. Yesterday, the Windows Home Server team released a public beta of Power Pack 1. In addition to some new features and enhancements, Power Read More...
Posted 10 June 08 08:51 by jamesche | 1 Comments   
Third Party ASP.NET Controls and Visual Studio 2008
We've had a few cases recently where customers are using third-party ASP.NET server controls (either written by a third-party company or by the customer) and finding that the controls are not rendering correctly in the Visual Studio 2008 design surface. Read More...
Posted 28 February 08 03:36 by jamesche | 1 Comments   
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New IIS.NET Website for the Windows Server 2008 Launch
We've just launched a completely revamped and overhauled IIS 7 website with new content. Visit the premiere IIS 7 resource at www.iis.net . Jim Read More...
Posted 27 February 08 12:15 by jamesche | 1 Comments   
Error When Opening ASP.NET Site on IIS 7 Using Visual Studio 2005
Now that Windows Server 2008 is out the door, we're starting to see more customers using IIS 7. I recently worked on a case where one of our engineers was dealing with a customer using Visual Studio 2005 and IIS 7. He was encountering an error message Read More...
Posted 25 February 08 12:46 by jamesche | 3 Comments   
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Hotfix Rollup for Visual Studio / Visual Web Developer Express Edition 2008
We recently released a hotfix rollup that fixes numerous issues in Visual Web Developer 2008, both the Visual Studio release and the Express edition. News of this rollup has circulated through many blogs and websites, but we're still seeing a fair number Read More...
Posted 14 February 08 10:29 by jamesche | 0 Comments   
The Power of !dumpmodule
Scenario: My customer is experiencing a hang and I see many threads with an identical stack. I also see that the customer has one thread that is running a component that is an OCX. What I want to find out is whether that component is referenced in the Read More...
Posted 24 January 08 01:19 by jamesche | 1 Comments   
Cool Things You Can Do with AppCMD in IIS 7
If you haven't had a chance yet to mess around with IIS 7, you should take the time. One of the changes that will impact everyone is configuration. Not only have we changed where configuration settings are stored, but we've also released a very cool command-line Read More...
Posted 16 January 08 12:43 by jamesche | 3 Comments   
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Update on Slow Startup Fix
A while back, I wrote a post regarding slow startup of ASP.NET 2.0 applications due to a lookup on a bad account. The hotfix for that issue is now available. The KB number is 944157. You can get the fix by calling PSS or by using our online automated Read More...
Posted 08 January 08 09:13 by jamesche | 14 Comments   
Having Network Problems on Win2003 SP2?
We've seen quite a few issues recently from customers having network problems on Windows Server 2003 SP2. These issue range from connections being reset to seeing things like database mirroring issues, etc. In other words, anything involving network traffic. Read More...
Posted 19 December 07 08:14 by jamesche | 3 Comments   
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Creating Strings - A Case Study
I recently worked an issue with a customer who was experiencing high CPU. Performance Monitor data showed that the % of Time in GC was 46%. We generally recommend that you not be in GC more than 5% of the time, so this was a point of interest. One of Read More...
Posted 11 December 07 01:45 by jamesche | 2 Comments   
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Purchase My Books in the Microsoft Company Store
I received notification today that Microsoft has decided to carry a small number of non-Microsoft Press books in the Microsoft Company Store in Redmond. One of those books will be mine, most likely my latest book on ASP.NET 3.5 . If you're a Microsoft Read More...
Posted 28 November 07 07:18 by jamesche | 1 Comments   
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My New Zune : Thoughts from an iPod Junkie
Yesterday morning I replaced my iPod with a new Zune 2. I've owned 4 iPods over the years, and I've always loved them. When the first Zunes released, I wasn't tempted at all to replace my trusty iPod. That all changed when I heard of the new features Read More...
Posted 14 November 07 07:19 by jamesche | 26 Comments   
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New Hotfix: Run ASP.NET Without Full Trust in My_Computer_Zone
I have been working with the product group on a new hotfix that allows you to run ASP.NET 2.0 applications without associating the My_Computer_Zone code group with the Full Trust permission set in Code Access Security. The new hotfix is available now Read More...
Posted 12 November 07 09:27 by jamesche | 0 Comments   
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