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A Tale of Two Developers and Visual Studio Sites and Apps
We've encountered several scenarios in which customers have multiple developers working on a single web application in Visual Studio. In such cases, it's not uncommon for each developer to be working on a portion of the application. There isn't any problem Read More...
Caution while xcopying IIS 7.0 config files
Metabase.xml is the central store where IIS 6.0 stores most of its configuration information. Its a plain text file and stores all the information in a simple XML format. The XML format naturally raised a notion of being able to XCOPY the config file Read More...
Where is ASP.NET 3.5 on IIS ?
Most people on installing .NET 3.5 on the server "expect" an entry for  v3.5 under the ASP.NET version Tab in IIS manager. And not finding that entry start panicking. If you have been one of those read on. The more tech savvy folks try Read More...
Weeking recap of ASP.NET Debugging blog
Here are last weeks updates to the ASP.NET Debugging blog: Code Gallery and CodePlex, how are they different and what are their benefits? An Open Debugger Extension Job openings with the .NET Framework Team ASP.NET Tips- What to gather to troubleshoot Read More...
Looking at the finalization queue in the debugger
Want to see what objects you have added a finalizer too, follow the information here . Read More...
Understanding when to use a Finalizer in your .NET class
If you are going to use a finalizer in your .NET class, be sure to read this post so that you understand when you should and shouldn’t use it: Understanding when to use a Finalizer in your .NET class Read More...
ASP.NET Tips: How to use DebugDiag to track down where a performance problem is coming from
Narrowing down a problem is sometimes the hardest part of troubleshooting.  Learn how DebugDiag can help save the day in this post: ASP.NET Tips- How to use DebugDiag to track down where a performance problem is coming from Read More...
Visual Studio Designer not Respecting Assembly Binding
Another issue we discovered is around this.  This is a rather specific situation, check out the posting to get more information on the issue: Visual Studio Designer not Respecting Assembly Binding Redirection Read More...
Making an Asynchronous Call using the Impersonation Identity
Have you ever wanted to make an asynchronous call but use the credentials of the user that is browsing your site?  Or connect to a database using a specific user account?  Check out how to do both of these here . Read More...
Change in IIS MMC setting may cause unwanted restarts of W3SVC
Recently we have discovered an issue with IIS Manager wherein changing settings in a certain way may cause unexpected restart of World wide Web Publishing Service. And this may happen before you realize until you go back to the Application event log and Read More...
Identifying a COM call that is blocking the GC and causing a memory leak
A new blog posting about this can be found here: ASP.NET Tips- How to identify a COM call that is blocking GC, causing a memory leak Read More...
ASP.NET Tab Missing
A common issue we see customers having is after installing ASP.NET 2.0, the ASP.NET Tab is missing from IIS. This tab is used for setting the version of ASP.NET and a lot of other things. When this tab is missing, it can be rather difficult to get it Read More...
Have a question? Submit it and get an answer
You can submit any question you have around .NET, IIS, or ASP.NET to me at my blog and I’ll answer the question or create a blog posting about it. Feel free to ask anything you’d like. Got a question- Get an answer here Read More...
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