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Connecting to Data Sources in IIS 7.0 2008-07-17 08:07:00 IIS can store connection strings used by managed code applications to connect to local and remote data sources, which can include SQL Server databases and other types of databases. To view currently configured connection strings, in IIS Manager, navigate to the level of the configuration hierarchy you want to manage, and then access the Connection Strings page by double-clicking the Connection Str Read more:Connecting
Configuring Settings for ASP.NET Pages and Controls with IIS 7.0 2008-07-16 10:35:00 Web applications that use ASP.NET include Web pages to provide the user interface and controls to provide drop-in functionality. As with ASP, you can optimize the way ASP.NET is used through a variety of configuration settings. You can also make additional functionality available by registering custom controls that applications can use.Registering Custom ControlsManaged code applications can use a Read more:Configuring
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, Pages
Hacking Windows Vista’s User Account Control 2008-07-15 08:58:00 Vista’s User AccountControl
is one of Vista’s new security tools—and is without a doubt, Vista’s most annoying feature as well. Here’s how to bend it to your will.Quick, answer this: What’s the most maddening feature of Windows
Vista? If you’re like 99% of the world, you’ll probably answer User Account Control (UAC). When you try to make any one of a variety of changes to Windows Read more:Hacking
, Vista
Configuring Key / Value Pairs for ASP.NET Applications in IIS 7.0 2008-07-13 01:59:00 When you are working with managed code applications, you may need to store information used by an application as key/value pairs in the application's Web.config file. Storing application settings in this way ensures that the stored values can be accessed from anywhere within the application. If you store application settings at the server or site level, multiple applications could access and use t Read more:Configuring
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Configuring SMTP E-Mail Settings with IIS 7.0 2008-07-13 01:48:00 E-mail services are an important part of most Internet, intranet, and extranet server operations. Often, you'll find that applications installed on a server generate e-mail messages that need to be delivered. For this purpose, IIS includes the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) feature so that IIS can deliver e-mail messages for Web applications that use the System.Net.Mail API. The configuratio Read more:Configuring
, Settings
Configuring Session State Settings for ASP.NET with IIS 7.0 2008-07-13 01:31:00 In the default configuration, IIS manages session state for ASP.NET in much the same way as it manages session state for ASP. Beyond the basic settings, however, you have many more options. For ASP.NET pages, you use the Enable Session State
setting of the Pages And Controls feature as the master control to turn on or off session state management or to configure IIS to use a read-only session stat Read more:Configuring
, Settings
How to Protect Windows Vista Interface Privacy 2008-07-12 09:57:00 Just like Internet Explorer, Windows
Explorer keeps track of the applications that you run and files that you open. It does this so that it can tailor your computer to your personal use with features such as the frequently run programs list on the Start panel. Features like this are designed to speed up the use of your computer. However, the side effect of the convenience is a loss of privacy.Clea Read more:Vista
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How to Starting and Stopping Ubuntu 2008-07-11 09:10:00 Starting and stopping a computer is a simple process. However, there are good ways to do so and bad ways, too.BootingBooting a computer refers to the process of starting it by turning on the power. Rebooting means to restart the computer by telling the operating system to first gracefully stop, and then restart itself. Generally, you shouldn't reboot a computer by turning the power off and then on Read more:Ubuntu
Working with Server 2008 Event Viewer 2008-07-10 07:43:00 A huge number of things are happening at any one time on a server: Users are logging in and accessing files, drives are spinning away, and processors are trying to make sense of it all. Each of these instances is considered an event. Being able to monitor these events and use them to interpret the health of your servers is an important aspect of administering a Windows Server 2008 network.As its n Read more:Viewer
Windows Vista : Protecting Your Internet Explorer Privacy 2008-07-09 09:10:00 Internet Explorer
is one of the most difficult parts of Windows
to clean because it stores data all over your drive, which makes clearing the data more difficult than just deleting one folder. Every time you want to clean all your Internet Explorer
history, you need to clear recent addresses, remove history files, erase temporary Web files, and remove cookies. The below are some suggestion:Removin Read more:Vista
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How to use Windows Server 2008 Reliability and Performance Monitor 2008-07-09 07:04:00 The Reliability and PerformanceMonitor
snap-in enables you to monitor server performance in real time. You can monitor hardware and application performance and create threshold alerts and performance reports. In terms of defining performance and reliability, performance describes how quickly the server completes the tasks it must accomplish. Reliability, on the other hand, is more a measure of ho Read more:Windows
Windows Vista : Removing Tool Tips 2008-07-07 07:57:00 When you hover your mouse pointer over something such as a button on the taskbar and text materializes, often explaining what you’re about to click. But is there a way to turn that off? Turns out that there is. It’s a registry edit, but as long as you follow these instructions carefully, you should be OK. We’ve edited the registry plenty of times together with no ill effects, right?Follow th Read more:Windows
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Enabling Auto-Logon in Windows Vista 2008-07-07 07:52:00 There’s an easy way to configure a specific user account to always log on when starting Vista
. If you’re not concerned about anyone else using your computer, or what he might see or access if you got up for a latte after booting your machine, this can help smooth the startup process.1. From the Start menu, type netplwiz and then launch the application of the samename. The User Accounts dialog Read more:Windows
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Windows Vista New Event Viewer 2008-07-05 11:33:00 Here's a good surprise: the Event Viewer
has had a complete reengineering. The new Event Viewer:• Can collect events from many systems to one system's log, allowing you to centralize event logs.• Lets you easily tell it what to do if particular events occur, like telling it to send you an e-mail, run a program, reboot a system, or the like.• Allows you to create custom queries so you can ess Read more:Windows
, Vista
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Windows Vista : Aero Wizards 2008-07-05 11:30:00 Besides Aero, there’s another way in which WindowsVista
has changed user interaction. As millions of Windows users already know, most configuration, installation, and update tasks are performed with the aid of a wizard. The job of a Windows wizard is straightforward: it leads you through a series of questions designed to get the device, piece of software, or Windows component up and running the Read more:Windows Vista
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Windows Vista : Windows Aero 2008-07-05 10:58:00 Vista’s most significant overhaul of the user interface can be summed up in a single word: Aero.* That is Microsoft’s brand name for the new look and feel, although its functionality goes beyond just an improved desktop appearance. So, what exactly is Aero? It encompasses many characteristics, including:Glass. The program windows are now translucent, allowing users to see through programs to g Read more:Windows
, Vista
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Using shell in Ubuntu 2008-07-05 09:20:00 Ubuntu provides a powerful and useful graphical interface. You can perform every type of task, such as finding and opening files and setting up network interfaces, using Ubuntu's graphics.However, Linux also provides a non-graphical and very powerful interface where you type commands at the keyboard instead of clicking a mouse. Microsoft Windows, as a matter of fact, is trying very hard to catch u Read more:Ubuntu
Linux file system 2008-07-04 08:40:00 Everything that you use or save on a computer is stored as a file on disk drives of some sort. Programs are stored as files. Other types of information, such as word processing files, spreadsheets, and photographs, are stored as files, too. In fact, Linux
organizes every resource (except network connections) as a file. All of these resources together are considered a file system. Linux interac
Understanding the Linuxisms 2008-07-03 08:37:00 The word Linux has different meanings, depending on the context in which it's referred to: Linux kernel: Linux is the operating system that controls everything you do on your Ubuntu computer; this is technically the Linux kernel. The Linux kernel controls who can use resources like memory, disk space, and time allocated on the central processing unit (CPU). Linus Torvalds started writing Read more:Understanding
What is Ubuntu Linux 2008-07-02 08:48:00 Ubuntu is a Linux
distribution. Linux distributions take the Linux kernel (the kernel is the software that orchestrates the interaction of programs and applications with computer hardware) and add an installation system, administration software, productivity applications, and other parts to make it possible for people to use their computers. Putting the parts together creates a sum that is greater Read more:Ubuntu
, Ubuntu Linux
Windows Vista Encryption News 2008-07-01 09:23:00 Security can't work without encryption, and of course Microsoft operating systems (except for MS-DOS) have all included some kind of encryption since Microsoft released OS/2 1.0 in 1987. But over the years, the sort of encryption that Microsoft builds into its OSes, and what it does with them, changes. Here are few notes on new crypto capabilities in Vista
.Vista Includes New Cryptographic Services Read more:Windows
, Windows Vista
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Windows Vista Kind of "Documents and Settings" Is Gone 2008-06-30 09:10:00 I liked Windows
2000's improvements over NT 4.0, but I really found one thing annoying about it: the Documents
and Settings
folder. I do a lot of command-line work, you see, and folder names with spaces are a pain in the neck. You've got to put quotes around them, and even if you do, some programs get a bit stupid when handed a folder name with spaces in it. NT originally stored user profiles in Read more:Vista
, Windows Vista
Windows Vista Start Menu "Run…" Is Off 2008-06-30 08:37:00 I'm not sure who makes the call on the user interface stuff at Microsoft, but I get the impression that he thinks we user types are pretty dumb. It seems like every version of Windows
changes the default behaviors of the Start
menu in ever-increasing levels of annoyance. XP hid Administrative Tools, Server 2003 made getting to the actual Control Panel more work, and now Vista
has taken away the Ru Read more:Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008 Domain Group Policy - Scripts 2008-06-28 09:08:00 Using GP, you can assign scripts to entire domains, organizational units, sites, and groups instead of repeatedly entering the same login script into multiple users' profiles. You can launch four types of scripts using a GPO: logon and logoff scripts, which apply to users, and startup and shutdown scripts, which apply to computers. Startup scripts are executed before logon scripts, and logoff scri Read more:Windows
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Windows Server 2008 Software Restriction Policies 2008-06-28 09:01:00 Software Restriction Policies
allow you to control the execution of certain programs. It's an excellent feature to use on terminal servers or machines serving as a public kiosk, so users are locked into one specific function and can't mess with administrative tools or Internet applications and utilities. Windows
can identify software to either restrict or allow in several different ways. For one, Read more:Windows Server
, Software
SUSE Linux History 2008-08-02 07:56:00 SUSE is the oldest existing commercial distribution of Linux
. The company was founded in 1992 near Nuremberg in Germany. The first release of a Linux distribution by SUSE was early in 1994.SUSE is a German acronym for Software und System Entwicklung or Software and System Development (not a terribly original or gripping name for a software company). However, the full name is never used; the compan Read more:History
How to select Ubuntu Linux Distribution 2008-08-01 07:20:00 Ubuntu is a Linux
distribution based on Debian Linux. Different Linux distributions target different functional niches. The goal of Ubuntu is to bring Linux into the desktop workspace. To do this, it needs to provide a stable user interface, plenty of office tools, drivers for a myriad of peripherals, and still be user-friendly. Although different groups manage nearly every open source project, Ca Read more:Ubuntu
, Ubuntu Linux
Canonical and the Ubuntu Foundation 2008-07-31 10:32:00 Ubuntu is an organization driven by a community; several organizations play an important role in its structure and organization. Foremost among these are Canonical Ltd., a for-profit company.Canonical Ltd.Canonical Ltd. is a company founded by Shuttleworth with the primary goal of developing and supporting the Ubuntu distribution. Many of the core developers on Ubuntu no longer a majority of them Read more:Ubuntu
, Foundation
Ubuntu GNOME Applications 2008-07-30 05:24:00 Knowing what applications GNOME provides is quite useful. Having that information can save you time looking for programs that are or aren't installed.Click the Applications
menu on the top panel and you see the following menu options. Selecting each option opens a submenu containing applications organized by category. The following sections list the applications found in each category.AccessoriesT Read more:Ubuntu
Ubuntu GNOME's Nautilus 2008-07-29 10:00:00 Nautilus is the Swiss Army knife of the GNOME world. Nautilus is a file manager that helps you to graphically use and manage files, folders, and other resources found on your computer. Nautilus is developed as part of the GNOME project. Linux directories are the same as Windows folders.Nautilus is an open source file manager that Ubuntu
supplies to help maneuver around your computer. Nautilus is e
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