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by Max Paulousky
This article presents the techniques and caveats of building Silverlight applications that can be notified about database state changes via polling duplex. WSHttp binding and CLR triggers are used to implement the solution as well.
by Bill Seddon
Shows how a .NET based WebDAV server can be created by combining two Open Source projects. The example implementation returns files from a file system, but you can extend it to return resources from any repository.
by Bikash Prakash Dash
This tip is helpful to create and manage self-signed SSL certificate for local IIS.
by Sky Sanders
AccessControlModule can impart a greater consistency and usability upon the default behaviour of FormsAuthentication and allow any client script code to leverage FormsAuthentication in a straight forward manner.

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by Terrence Sheflin
Explains how to use HttpModule in conjunction with IIS to handle requests to fake directories
by Misha1964
Learn how to validate complex web forms using business rules engine
by Sadeque Sharif
How to deploy MVC2 application at IIS 5.1 (Windows XP)
by Stan Bice
Imagine connecting church worship attenders with real-time content.

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30 Jun 2021 by Tomer W
It is probably due to IIS running in "Session0" and not allowing any UI to be utilized. (if you didn't do that already in the last 10 years :) you can see more info and ways to resolve @ c# - Run a process/URI from IIS in a desktop session -...
26 Dec 2017 by Akshada Sane
I Publish(Deployed) My website on IIS Everything is working Fine But i am generating Word using Find And Replace (Mail Merge) Method, From Visual Studio its Working But When i open project from another computer using http://192.168.0.101/Electro/SalesInvoice.aspx it's Not Generating Word...
26 Dec 2017 by OriginalGriff
First off, why are you hardcoding paths in any application, much less a web app? What if the computer you try to load this on doesn't have a D drive, or it's not accessible to your application? What if it doesn't have Word installed? I suspect this "From Visual Studio its Working" because...
25 Oct 2015 by AdamASPGeek
The easiest way is 1. Register your domain name2. Find hosting provider such as asphostportal.com, hostforlife.eu, Vidahost, DASP3. Then upload all your files to your root folder. Then, you will be able to browse your site.
15 Oct 2015 by Member 11889799
Dear All, I am change the domain name in my system with the help of the following linkUsing http://www.yourname.com instead of http://localhost/[^]it's working fine in my system only. It's not working in some other system in LAN.I need to access my website in some other...
12 Oct 2015 by PANKAJMAURYA
Please see below link https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/1162/10/how-can-i-point-my-domain-name-to-my-home-servers-ip[^]
12 Oct 2015 by Member 11889799
Dear all, I am using Asp.Net and C# language i developed the web page and it's host the LAN it's working fine but i need to change the domain name .i given following address to browser for open my page its opened in my local http://10.0.0.138/myapplication/LoginPage.aspx#[^])...
5 Feb 2015 by santhu888
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application word = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application(); object oMissing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value; //DirectoryInfo dirInfo = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\Users\santhosh\Desktop\KJL HR 21-0814\Web"); DirectoryInfo dirInfo = new...
1 Feb 2015 by Kenneth Haugland
See here:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316384[^]private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e){ object oMissing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value; object oEndOfDoc = "\\endofdoc"; /* \endofdoc is a predefined bookmark */ //Start Word and create a new...
10 Dec 2014 by TheRealSteveJudge
Please read this:http://dotnetmentors.com/how-to-host-wcf-service-in-iis-7.aspx[^]
10 Dec 2014 by vishalkamble8055
help me to host wcf service on iis7 and iis 5.1
10 Nov 2014 by Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
Your code dump is impossible to read, but the answer to the title-line is NO!http://www.asp.net/signalr/overview/getting-started/supported-platforms[^]
10 Nov 2014 by Kandiya
Is it possible to deploy SignalR Application in IIS 5.1 and IIS 6? Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb" version="1.0.1" targetFramework="net40" />
30 Oct 2014 by Kandiya
How to host a asp.net website with framework 4.0 in IIS 5.1 and IIS 6.0 ? I checked the Application Pools where the option of setting framework isn't seen. With IIS 7 its possible via changing the Basic settings of the Application Pool.
30 Oct 2014 by Terrence Sheflin
Explains how to use HttpModule in conjunction with IIS to handle requests to fake directories
15 Sep 2014 by kumarjammula
Sir XML Parsing Error: not well-formedLocation: http://localhost/Online/quiz.aspxLine Number 1, Column 2:-^I am getting above error while requesting the page.my subject is to load an xml file and it gets parsed.i had written page directive ...
14 Jan 2014 by senproin.k
I want to access the properties of a virtual directory in IIS 5.1 from a remote system. For example, "ASP.NET version" in "ASP.NET" tab. So, I wrote a code initially to read the properties from my system.DirectoryEntry w3svc = new DirectoryEntry("IIS://LocalHost/W3SVC/1/ROOT");foreach...
2 Dec 2013 by Member 9822231
i have hosted a website locally in IIS and this computer is connected to a LAN. Its IP is 192.168.1.122 how to access my website from another computer.when i access it using localhost it is accessible.http://localhost:1437/CallLog/Home.aspx
10 Nov 2013 by Sadeque Sharif
How to deploy MVC2 application at IIS 5.1 (Windows XP)
20 Aug 2013 by abhishek_singh
sorry you can't open application pool in IIS 5.1, this service can available only on IIS 6.0 or above.
19 Aug 2013 by abhishek_singh
which operating system you are using? and confirm that which version of IIS is installed in your system ?
19 Aug 2013 by abhishek_singh
HI,You can try following steps:1. type inetmgr on run command 2. Expend tree view from left pannel3. right click on application pool showing on panel4. click on Add Application Pool5. Just give the name of application pool and select framework version which you want.6. Click on ok...
19 Aug 2013 by Member 9762654
Hi all, How to open application pool in iis 5.1?thanks in advance
23 Jun 2013 by Rickin Kane
Hi Friends I am stuck up in the very difficult situation and need help from codeproject expertise. My scenario is as below I am working for a Bank's Audit department and developing web solution for them. Since bank policy is to use Window authentication for login , I had developed...
17 Jun 2013 by sathish4303
Change connection string's Connection Timeout=20
15 Jun 2013 by Mike Meinz
Windows XP, by design, only allows a limited number of connections. The number is ten. If you need more, you're supposed to buy Windows Server.See Inbound connections limit in Windows XP[^]The following may or may not help:1. You could try lowering the KeepAliveTimeout value. See How...
15 Jun 2013 by sathish4303
I Done my project and then i configured it into my IIS, first 15 minuets my iis working Fine after it shows the below error message. I'm only using iisThe page cannot be displayedThere are too many people accessing the Web site at this time.Please try the following: Click the...
13 Jun 2013 by Christian Graus
When you use your local machine, you are logged in as yourself. When you deploy to a server, that server is logged in as someone different to your local machine. I bet that is your problem. You don't have a current user on your server yet, you'd need to log in first.
13 Jun 2013 by Rickin Kane
Hi Friends I really looking forward for assistance , even though I have found tons of solution over the internet but nothing has work. My problem is I have develop the application in 4.0 c# and while logging , I am not prompting the Login screen but taking the current user by ...
9 Jun 2013 by Stan Bice
Imagine connecting church worship attenders with real-time content.
7 May 2013 by Bikash Prakash Dash
Follow thisHow to Create SSL Secure Server (HTTPS) in Local IIS?[^]
4 May 2013 by Bikash Prakash Dash
This tip is helpful to create and manage self-signed SSL certificate for local IIS.
26 Apr 2013 by hemigueti
You say that i have to solve the problem from the config file.Well as i said from the beginning that i don't have the source code and the config file has just some keys/values informations who the native dll reads(no directory is configurable in that file).The definition of the path to this...
24 Apr 2013 by Bernhard Hiller
Who is running what? That's the question to ask here.It's not you to run IIS. IIS uses a different user, Local System or Network System or something like that. And it is a service. It runs in Session 0 which is not your user session and cannot interact with it (session isolation). And IIS need...
24 Apr 2013 by hemigueti
Hi,I want to know how to configure my application in iis(5.1/6.0) to launch an executable in parallel from the application_start function in the global.axa.cs file?With the integreted web server in visual studio, it works but not in iis : the executable start but it dies after and i...
19 Mar 2013 by Kevin Johnson SSL
Here is the link from Microsoft website which provide full information about How to create SSL certificate on IIS. Visit: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324069[^]
21 Feb 2013 by Baghel Naveen
I have always had IIs started by default, but suddenly now i see my default (and only) website is off. i get this message when trying to start it "The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion".running iisreset via Run > CMD gives me the...
18 Feb 2013 by Baghel Naveen
After a lot of efforts i got the solution.iis was unale to start becuse the two other services was stop one was world wide web publishing and other was event log.Get the location controlpanel > Adminnistrative tools > ServicesFirst start the event log service then start the world...
14 Feb 2013 by Sandeep Mewara
Looks like following should get you going: Tip/Trick: Enabling SSL on IIS 7.0 Using Self-Signed Certificates [^]One more: How to Set Up SSL on IIS 7 [^]
14 Feb 2013 by Manikandan Sekar
I tried creating a ssl certificate bur after creating text file in c:\ and i saved as certificate.cer and when i tried to import that .cer file in IIS to create a key its shows unrecognised file(but when i browse to open the cer file in bottom file types it shows as *.cer only) but even though...
3 Feb 2013 by hemigueti
I met a big problem with an application that needs to initialize a java virtua machine. Let me explain: I have developed a wcf web service in C # and the framework 4.0 and in which I initialize a java virtual machine in order to communicate with java code with p/invoke call from a native c++...
21 Jan 2013 by Vinay iGATE
UrlScan Security Toolhttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=12719[^]will probably use this utility to solve my Issue.Thanks to all.
14 Jan 2013 by Suvabrata Roy
Hi,Try this : http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/120209-1.aspx[^]http://forums.asp.net/p/1601000/4073570.aspx[^]
14 Jan 2013 by Vinay iGATE
I need to remove Server Information from Response headerMy IIS version is IIS 5.1Please let me know, how can i do this in Global.asax fileI want to remove Server,X-AspNet-Version, and X-Powered-By information from the Response headerI got some solution, bt it requires IIS 7 or...
3 Jan 2013 by Zoltán Zörgő
Some approaches: 1) use a thread pool user other than the built-in ones: create a dedicated technical user. It is better for security and other reasons too.(you could set the pool to load user profile too, there are many advantages of it, for example you can print from asp.net on server...
3 Jan 2013 by Vijay Tanwar
Can you change the Application pool current user to local system or something that have access to all local system command, actually the problem is that network service can access everything, but it is not able to local system commands like "net user" so you have to change the application pool user.
3 Jan 2013 by Shailesh vora
Hi,I have created one website with the following code/* Following code will just access - open 100.20.20.20 Ip with specific credential and allow to access file --- START */using (System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process()) { ...
21 Dec 2012 by OriginalGriff
Yes it is.Trust me on this.It's just that you don't understand what is happening.C# code is executed on the server, not the client. So when you executeProcess.Start("IExplore.exe", "www.northwindtraders.com");You are executing it on the server, so the server is where the instance of...
21 Dec 2012 by Narra sreenu
64 Points224 PostsProcess.start is not working in IISJun 20, 2012 08:48 AM|LINKHi,can any1 help me on this. while running in VS ,process.start is working fine.but,after deploying in IIS,i am not able to invoke that , Process.start is not working.Here is my...
28 Nov 2012 by demouser743
Hi all I am having my print code as followspublic void print(){ try { PrintDocument pd = new PrintDocument(); pd.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(pd_PrintPage); pd.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = "SnagIt 10"; pd.Print(); } ...
1 Nov 2012 by Nelek
Please have a look to:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/134ec8tc(v=vs.100).aspx[^]ASP.NET authentication and authorization[^]http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/031204-1.aspx[^]http://forums.asp.net/t/1111388.aspx/1[^]
1 Nov 2012 by Rashid Choudhary
How i can authenticate my web pages in asp.net.if it is possible please mention clearly.
30 Oct 2012 by Sushil Mate
Try to increase your timeout if the problem still persist then you need to send a file chunk by chunk. see the following link which might help you to upload a large file on server.upload-large-files-in-asp-net-using-httpmodule[^]file-uploading-in-chunks[^]
30 Oct 2012 by HarisJayadev
when i'm uploading large files using Asp.net file upload controls in my web app, Application geting "unable to connect target server error"after uploading two ot three large files(65 to 1gb file size) and it asking me to connect hosted serverin my web config i changed httpRuntime settings as...
19 Sep 2012 by aidin Tajadod
OK, I think there is no way to do that! But at least I have found why I could not make a call directly to the .svc/... for the other peaoples who may have the same problem:I had my service in a folder (WCF) inside my asp.net site which is a normal directory and not a "virtual directory"....
18 Sep 2012 by aidin Tajadod
Hi Guys,I have a WCF rest which is working fine in my development machine (Visual Studio web server). But I can not make it work in my QA server which is windows XP with IIS 5.1 (SSL enabled). ("Bad Request" or "not found")If I go to the IIS and set the mapping ".*" to "aspnet_isapi.dll",...
29 Aug 2012 by greatabby
Hi guys,well i have a one query that , i am making a website for a company on which they had already made the website back to 2004 now i just have to do up gradation as i did, like i convert .net framework from 2.0 to 4.0 so the code moves to vs 2010 as it before it was on 2005, so now the...
14 Aug 2012 by Abdul Quader Mamun
Custom TreeView web user control for parent child relatioinal data upto infinity
26 Jul 2012 by Suvabrata Roy
Hi Janavi,Please fallow the Steps :1. Bulid a deployment packege. Default (Obj\Debug\PackegeTmp\)2. Paste the folder Under InetPut > Wwwroot> your folder3. Now Open IIS 7 and browse to that folder 4. Convert that folder to an Application via Convert to Application...
26 Jul 2012 by Christian Graus
If you get this error, it means what it says. You have a web.config file in a subfolder of your site. It has the allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' value, but in IIS you do not have a separate application defined at this level. This is an error. Remove this value from your web.config at...
26 Jul 2012 by Janavi Bhatt
Hi,I get the above error when i run a website in vs 2010..I have already tried the available solutions:1)Configure the website in IIS2) Looking for the web.configs (not needed) and removing them.3)moving the web.config from subfolder to the main.But all this did not work for...
20 Jun 2012 by chetan dudhagara
How to Protect from SQL Injection in PhP based website
2 May 2012 by mariazingzing
you are not the local admin. check your permission there is not any way to get this error
2 May 2012 by amoljoge
Hi there,I am using IIS 5.1 and I am local admin on my laptop. The IIS was working fine when I checked and also created few virtual directories but all of a sudden, I started getting this "There are no items to show in this view" error message. can you please advise, what might cause...
31 Mar 2012 by Sanjeev236
on running my application on iis,mozzilla ask for downloading the aspx page rather than to run it.. and same application is working fine with IE??thanks in advance.
24 Feb 2012 by #realJSOP
Its an IIS security thing. The web applicaion on IIS has to be configured to be able to run executables. If that's not possible, try it this way:0) Make your web site write a file that indicates the process needs to be run.1) Write a Windows ervice that runs on the web server that...
24 Feb 2012 by SrivaniS
I am running exe file through process creation, it is working fine in source code, but not in IIS. How to call exe file in IIS ?
21 Feb 2012 by GC Theja
Hi, I'm trying to upgrade IIS 5.1 server to IIS 6. My oprating system is XP. Can anyone guide me regarding this????
21 Jan 2012 by mohsin nagaria
HelloDo you want this for specific folder only or do you want it to be for the whole site? Also which version of IIS?For IIS 7 below link has a possible solution but this will work when you want the redirection to be permanent. I think what you need is relative redirection. See if this...
20 Jan 2012 by Balakrishnan Dhinakaran
In IIS5.1 how to redirect to the specific file by just typing the file name in the URL.For example if I type "http://localhost/normal/home.html" or "http://localhost/medium/home.html" the page should automatically redirect to "http://localhost/standard/home.html".Is there any solution?...
7 Nov 2011 by sravani.v
See this:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172138[^]
7 Nov 2011 by P.Salini
Specify error to get appropriate solution.This may help youhttp://forums.iis.net/t/1146459.aspx[^]
22 Aug 2011 by Boo!
This package will help you send all kinds of emails like account creation, order, mailing, reports, ... everything containing dynamic fields. You can configure your own SMTP server, use notification, and add attachments.
31 Jul 2011 by alchemist_NKJ
Thanks Everyone,Finally it is running on the IIsFor that above problem i changed the user instance in machine.config file to false then that problem was solved but then iis was showing a new error login failed for MACHINENAME\ASPNET:---For that i created a user account in SQL server...
31 Jul 2011 by Wonde Tadesse
In addition to the solution what is given by John, take a look at this discussion.Is possible to work with IIS 5.1 and .NET Framework 3.5?[^]
31 Jul 2011 by #realJSOP
Here's an idea - why don't you install .Net 3.5 and see if that fixes it... However, that sounds more like a SQLServer error to me.Did you upload the database specified in the connection string to the server?BTW, wouldn't it be better to create a web service and use that instead of using...
31 Jul 2011 by alchemist_NKJ
Hello there,I made a website using Web developer and SQL Express 2k8, later i Switched to SQL Enterprise edition ten i just made a littele change in machine.config file and website was runing smoothly but wen i tried to run the website using IIS 5.1 it gives me following errorSQLExpress...
28 Jul 2011 by Monjurul Habib
Maximum length of Querystring is based on the browser not depend upon the asp.net.here is some informationMaximum length of a querystring in IE 4.0 and above is ~2048 charactersIE. 4,5,6,7, - 2,048 characters.Opera supports - 4050 characters.Netscape 3 -> 4.78 supports up to...
28 Jul 2011 by Balaji Prabu AL
Look my previous solution. I have give you to source code as well.
27 Jul 2011 by Balaji Prabu AL
Hi, As everyone said, 90000 chars is huge. Check if that is required functionally. If you still need to pass 90,000 character to the page, it can be achieved by many ways.1) Try if you can put them in the hidden field and do a post back to get it back on the server side.2) This can...
25 Jul 2011 by evergreen501
i have a query string of length 90,000 characters. i want to programmatically get all the query string values to do required operations. In IE 6.0 browser limits the url length for 2048 characters. In Firefox 4.0.1 it allows me full url limit specified above. But when i call the aspx page it...
25 Jul 2011 by amitkarnik2211
Tried to work on this but I think Practically not Possible
25 Jul 2011 by dan!sh
This is weird. Why can't you consider any other way of sending data to another page/application?
24 Jul 2011 by Manas Bhardwaj
Query string with more than 90,000 charchters? I would rather sit and think of what am I doing with those many characters in query string. Instead of solving the technical side of it, I would rather consider to see if something is wrong in design.
24 Jul 2011 by RECSEN
hi,Look the below usrhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/208427
21 Jul 2011 by bhargavpp
hello i want to run my asp.net 3 tier application from iis 5.1 (localhost) i had create virtual direcotry but it gives error of master page but same project working from visual studio .so want how to create virtual directory for asp.net 3 tier application with screen shot reply asap thanks in...
10 Jul 2011 by mantoo
Hi,Are you working on Avayaml project for Ebsworldwide.I have worked on this project, and as you have mentioned all the developer leave the company and you only working on this.You better ask EBS why all the developer left.if they will not be able to answer Then ask me i will tell you whole...
10 Jul 2011 by Espen Harlinn
You asked about this earlier today:Access to the path is denied[^]Take a look at the comments - you need to set this up so that the IIS user have write access to a folder, and still provide adequately for sequrity.Best regardsEspen Harlinn
10 Jul 2011 by Christian Graus
It depends. The only path that IIS would try to access, is on the server. Are you saving your files inside the root directory of your website ? If not, you need to. If you are, then you need to tell us the exact error, including the path, what code creates the error, etc.
10 Jul 2011 by kvns2608
when iam normaly upload a file it is uploadedbut using iis it shows an error that is access to path is denied how to rectify it
24 Jun 2011 by praji2011
hi all,I am new in asp.net and my company had a project and all of this project devolopers leave from here , no one know about the project. I need to update it. Actually all are configured locally in my windowsXP system. database ,iis,project file all are here. while I am using webrequest I...
24 Jun 2011 by #realJSOP
Put this in your web.config:Error 500 is too generic to diagnose.Once you do that, it will give you the precise locatoion that is causing your site to misbehave, and from that point, you can probably identify the problem and fix...
14 Jun 2011 by Peace ON
I have found some useful links.http://itscommonsensestupid.blogspot.com/2008/11/deploy-aspnet-mvc-app-on-windows-xp-iis.htmlhttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/57712/asp-net-mvc-and-iis-5HTH
11 Jun 2011 by Omar Al Zabir
Serve extensionless URL from IIS without using custom ISAPI handler or IIS 6.0 wildcard mapping
12 May 2011 by Varun Thakur
HI AllI am working on production which is created on ASP.NET 4.0 and hosted on IIS 5.1.I need to implement new feature in it and for this new feature I need to use MVC3.I have successfully implemented it and also deployed it as suggested by Microsoft in their MVC deploment with diff...
15 Apr 2011 by Cyrus Neah
for one thing you are missing style=' before border-collapse: collapse at the table tag. I think that might fix it. I put border='1' style='border-collapse: collapse' in the table tag. and the border shows up.