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64 bit IIS manager,32 bit worker process and root web.config settings
The IIS 7 manager provides a UI for almost all sections for the web.config. It does simplify things for administrators but I have seen a couple of cases where this has lead to interesting problems. Let us consider the Machine Key feature that the IIS Read More...
“Parser Error Message: This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms.” when .net page has debug=”true”
Recently, I came across an issue where the customer faced an FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) related error on the .aspx pages which had debug=”true”. His ASP.net application was hosted on IIS7 running on Windows Server 2008 SP2. And, he 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...
WebBaseEvent.Raise method fails in Application_Start event with a NullReferenceException on IIS 7.0
If you implement custom health monitoring events in ASP.NET chances are that you should have worked with WebBaseEvent or WebErrorEvent classes and used the WebBaseEvent.Raise() method to fire those events. Recently an interesting issue related to this 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...
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...
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