Using system.net.mail to send email messages from your web site makes life so easy. In the old days of Classic ASP you often had to rely on 3rd party components such as AspMail from serverobjects.com or AspEmail from persists.com. While they were very capable products and are still widely used today it added an additional […]
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Using Wildcard SSL Certificates on IIS 7
The other day I was helping someone who was trying to configure a wildcard certificate on their Windows Cloud Server. Their server was running Windows 2008 R2 server using IIS 7. The were technically savvy and knew how to configure site’s on their own and install a regular SSL certificate but they were stuck trying […]
IIS, IIS 7, SSLInstalling IIS 8 on Windows 8
Using Url Rewrite to Block Page Requests
The other day I was checking the traffic stats for my WordPress blog to see which of my posts were the most popular. I was a little concerned to see that wp-login.php was in the Top 5 total requests almost every month. Since I’m the only author on my blog my logins could not possibly […]
IIS, Log Parser, Url RewriteHow to Schedule Backups with SQL Server Express
Microsoft’s SQL Server Express is a fantastic product for anyone needing a relational database on a limited budget. By limited budget I’m talking free. Yes SQL Server Express is free but it comes with a few limitations such as only utilizing 1 GB of RAM, databases are limited to 10 GB, and it does not […]
backups, IIS, SQL ServerInstalling WordPress with WebMatrix 2
If you’re getting started with Windows web development or you just need a lightweight web development tool then check out Microsoft’s WebMatrix 2. Creating, deploying, and maintaining, web sites has never been easier and considering it’s free you can’t beat it. What I like about WebMatrix is that it allows you to install 3rd party […]
IIS, WordpressAutomate Finding Disabled Domains in Smartermail
Email is everywhere. You may not know immediately if your web site is down but you’ll almost always know if your email isn’t working. The ability to send and receive email 24×7 is critical to the success of any business. This means you need a product which is reliable, scalable, and affordable. There are not […]
asp.net, c#, Smartermail, SmartertoolsHow To Get Robocopy Status Emails
What’s that? Robocopy can send emails? Well not exactly but here’s how you can do it. Robocopy is a free tool from Microsoft that was originally part of Windows Resource Kit for Windows NT 4. It was then included as a standard feature with Windows Server 2003 and each subsequent release of Windows Server. It […]
vbscript robocopyAutomate Log Parser to Find Your Data Faster
Microsoft’s Log Parser is a really powerful tool for searching log files. With just a few simple SQL commands you can pull more data than you ever imagined out of your logs. It can be used to read web site log files, csv files, and even Windows event logs. Log Parser isn’t intended to compete […]
IIS, Log ParserWindows Server Scheduled Task for Opening Web Site Url
If your web site is hosted on a dedicated server (cloud or physical) then chances are you have some internal processes which need to happen on a recurring basis. The Windows Task Scheduler is a wonderful built-in tool that fulfills this need. The location of this program has changed from Windows Server 2003 to Windows […]
IIS, Task Scheduler, Windows Server 2008
