THE ISSUE – NETWORK DOES NOT SHOW ALL COMPUTERS FROM MULTIPLE SUBNETS **NOTE: 10/11/16 Please see this new blog post which addresses a new issue that has happened since June 2016. Both of these posts will help you resolve this cross-subnet browsing issue. I recently ran into the situation where my PDC failed and after…
Problem with PHP mailer sending mail – Result: delayed, Status: 4.1.1 452 4.1.1 requested action aborted: try again later – GL/GL
If you see this type of message logged in your outbound mail logs, and your clients are unable to get email delivered to their domain, then I may have the s0lution for you. In our particular scenario, we have a PHP site running WordPress and the email server is located with IPOWER. So the website…
How to migrate MYSQL to a new Windows server
Here is the easiest process that I know of for migrating (and upgrading) from one version of MYSQL running on Windows server, to a new Windows server. Setup the new Windows server, give it a fixed IP address (we’ll change that later to be at the same IP as the old server). Run all Windows…
iPhone iPad “cannot verify server identity” SSL issue and resolution
We recently came across an issue with one of our client sites that runs under ASPDOTNETSTOREFRONT where the site would appear function properly on normal desktop browsers (IE 9, FF, Safari, Chrome), but when the mobile site would run on an iPhone or iPad, and the mobile site would go into SSL mode, it would…
IIS WordPress images 500 error
If you are here you probably are having the dreaded “broken images” problem while running WordPress under IIS. You may have found this issue by looking at the IIS logfiles for your site and seeing 500 errors logged when it’s supposed to be pushing out images. I will save you a lot of time. This…
WordPress Windows 2008 Web Server R2 IIS 7.5 setup
I thought I would share a few important tips on getting WordPress 3.x to work properly – with PERMALINKS / SEO friendly URL’s. It’s taken me a lot of trial and error to figure out the finer points, but assuming you can get it installed, these tips should help you get it 100% functional. to…
Server name does not show up under Network
I recently came across this problem where one of our servers would not show up in the “browse list” under the “Network” icon in Windows 7. I also checked this same issue from other computers Network Neighborhoods and verified it was just this one server “webserver6” which was not showing up. We are in a…
Classic ASP file upload limit of 200kb in IIS 7
During the process of migrating a site to IIS 7 we came across an issue with Classic ASP file uploads throwing 500 errors when larger than 200kb. There is an EASY fix for this. In IIS 7, click your site and expand it then click the ASP icon. Expand the Limits Properties icon, and change…
First access on ASPDOTNETSTOREFRONT on a W2K8 R2 server…
Ok, so you’ve completed your install of ASPDNSF 9.x onto a Windows 2008 R2 server, and when you first try to access the domain, you get this error: Server Error in ‘/’ Application. Configuration Error Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific…
ASPDOTNETSTOREFRONT Proper Permissions under Windows 2008 server
I hope this is of help to anyone trying to get a current version (meaning 8.x or 9.x) of ASPDOTNETSTOREFRONT running on a Microsoft Windows 2008 server, or Windows 2008 R2 Server. One issue that we have experienced that is not documented or explained well are the permissions for certain directories you need to configure…