If you’ve locked down your machine permissions you may occasionally run into strange permission errors when developing on IIS. With all the hundreds of files that can be loaded, finding the source of the problem can be a nightmare. One utility that I find very helpful for diagnosing problems, especially permission problems, is NT FileMon [...]
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Fun With Ports and Server Processes
The term “server” is used a lot these days to refer to a computer – usually one that is being shared by various users and/or not used as a workstation. But a server also refers to a program that runs constantly, usually in the background, waiting for commands. Just about every computer is technically a [...]
Still Image Capture From a WebCam
Maybe I’m a little slow, but I just spent about an hour looking for a freeware app to just take a snapshot from my webcam and save it as a jpeg. I know this is a simple function that is included in just about every webcam software out there. But, I didn’t want to install [...]
Mapping Network Drives and Microsoft XP Firewall
When you enable the Microsoft Built-In firewall, you usually cannot map drives to computers on your local network. The reason is because the purpose of the firewall is to block all of the ports that Windows normally uses to communicate with other machines on your network. You can resolve this. Unfortunately you have to open [...]
Managing IE AutoComplete / Intellisense
I like using the IE feature that remembers what I’ve typed into a web form field. When I start typing, it automatically drops down choices of words that I have previously typed in that field. The problem is that, occasionally, I type in something that I don’t want saved. For instance, I mis-spell a username [...]
