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Visual Round Trip Analyzer

Recently I got introduced to this amazing tool by one of my colleagues and I just want to make sure...

Date: 08/30/2010

ASP.NET 1.1 missing under IIS7 on Windows 2008 x64 server

In case you are wondering why ASP.NET 1.1 is not listed under the .NET framework version drop down...

Date: 03/11/2010

SQL server 2008 backup compression and virtual device interface (VDI)

Few days back one of the SQLDBA asked me a question on SQL server 2008 backup compression to which I...

Date: 02/21/2010

Can’t connect to Oracle from SSIS/DTS packages or Linked Server on x64 environment

Today I came across a very interesting issue where my customer was not able to connect to Oracle 10G...

Date: 02/16/2010

Using MSSQL server as a backend database for the Application running on Unix/Linux Server

  Till few days back I was not aware of fact that there is no MS specific driver which would...

Date: 02/08/2010

NMCAP – A NETMON 3.3 COMMAND LINE CAPTURE TOOL

This is an informational post to spread awareness about a new command line tool called NMCAP which...

Date: 01/31/2010

What does it take to monitor servers in workgroup from SCOM

To configure SCOM server to monitor the stand-alone servers in the workgroup , you must follow the...

Date: 09/28/2009

What happened to Dr. Watson?

While I was trying to juggle around various ways of capturing a crash dump on a Windows Vista...

Date: 04/27/2008

SSL handshake between Client IE and the IIS server for a Server Certificate

The client first authenticates the server using the certificate. After authentication, the client...

Date: 01/03/2008

Security Changes in IIS7

All of you are a knowledgeable person who understands the security landscape. Today I would be...

Date: 12/25/2007

IE prompts 3 times for credentials and fails with 401.1 error message while website is set to run on Windows Integrated Authentication under IIS 6.0

Many a times while troubleshooting Kerberos related issues we have come across a situation where IE...

Date: 12/24/2007

Who am I and what I am doing here!

Hello Friends My name is Nitin Gupta, I am working at Microsoft GTSC India as a Support Engineer on...

Date: 04/17/2007