Archive for May, 2007

Using Windows Authentication under IIS7 (ASP.NET)

By Jamsi • May 23rd, 2007 • Category: ASP.NET, Windows Vista

Okay so I took me a few hours but I finally figured out how to turn on Windows Authentication under IIS7. For some reason, it’s turned off by default and in IIS7 under authentication you’ll only see anonymous.
I have a ASP.NET 1.1 application that requires Windows Authentication and this was the error I was receiving.
“You [...]



Installing IIS on Windows Vista

By Jamsi • May 22nd, 2007 • Category: Windows Vista

Everything is confusing in Windows Vista .. or is it easier?
Here’s how to install IIS on Windows Vista.

Hit the start menu and select settings, control panel.
Look under Programs and Features, and click the option which says “Turn Windows features on or off”
Click on Internet Services
Click OK

Done!



Turning off UAC (User Access Control)

By Jamsi • May 19th, 2007 • Category: Windows Vista

So I scored a new laptop through work and wanted to give Vista a whirl. Step forward 30mins and I found something really, really, really annoying. Microsoft’s new Vista access control, which will prompt you ever time you make changes to the system, either via control panel or when you install new software.
Very annoying if [...]



Reset Password Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate

By Burnsie • May 17th, 2007 • Category: Misc

To save you the grief of a long wait, here is how to reset the password on office scan corp
To reset this, first go to the servers C:\Program Files\Trend\OfficeScan\PCCSRV and edit the ofscan.ini.
- Search “_pwd” and then clear the string of stuff after the = sign.
- Change it to the value “70″
- Save the [...]



Removing startup init scripts (rc.d)

By Jamsi • May 16th, 2007 • Category: Linux

For some reason I always get confused which command works on what operating system in order to remove startup scripts under a redhat based distribution.
For Centos use
/sbin/chkconfig –del

For Debian use
update-rc.d