Questions tagged [windows-server-2003]

Windows Server 2003 (sometimes referred to as Win2K3) is a server operating system produced by Microsoft, introduced on 24 April 2003.

Windows Server 2003 (sometimes referred to as Win2K3) is a server operating system produced by Microsoft, introduced on 24 April 2003. An updated version, Windows Server 2003 R2, was released to manufacturing on 6 December 2005. Its successor, Windows Server 2008, was released on 4 February 2008.

According to Microsoft, Windows Server 2003 is more scalable and delivers better performance than its predecessor, Windows 2000.

On 13 July 2010, Windows Server 2003's mainstream support expired and the extended support phase began. During the extended support Phase, Microsoft continues to provide security updates; however, free technical support, warranty claims, and design changes are no longer being offered. Extended support is expected to last until 14 July 2015.

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Application Pools not starting after iisreset

Before I start, I know using iisreset is considered bad practice, but this shouldn't happen anyway.. What we have: Several machines with IIS6 on Windows Server 2003 R2 (both 64 and 32 bits) Several WCF webservices (.NET runtime 2.0) deployed in…
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Reproducing the blocked exe "unblock" option in file properties in windows 2003

When I download my program from my website to my windows 2003 machine, it has a block on it and you have to right click on the exe, then properties, then select the button "Unblock". I would like to add detection in my installer for when the file is…
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Why does my c# Windows service stop running without any messages being written to the application event log?

I am fairly new to Windows services. I created an installer for my c# Windows service and the installation on the server (Windows Server 2003) appears to have worked. When it's started, it writes Service started successfully to the log. When it's…
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IIS log files and load balancer?

We host our ASP.NET applications on two web servers (Server 2003, IIS 6) that reside behind a hardware load balancer. When I look at the IIS logs, the c-ip value in the IIS (v6) logs are ALWAYS the IP address of the load balancer. I noticed in the…
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Echoing in the same line

I had a look at the previous questions of your db and I didn't try an answer, but I try. I would like to write the following lines code: echo Executing backup.... backup procedure echo Ok but the output should be: Executing backup... Ok That's…
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WCF connection reset: server reboot needed

This issue is related to a WCF hosted in a windows service on a windows server 2003. The issue happens after several days of correct working and get fixed only by rebooting the server. The C# code doesn't catch any exception in its…
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Disable debug prompt on application crash

Question: I need to disable the console application's crash debug prompt. Background: We've got an application that syncs info with a third party that crashes due to connectivity problems with the 3rd party at certain times of the day. We don't have…
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How can I prevent a server from becoming locked after a Remote Desktop session

As part of our databuild run a 3rd party program (3D Studio Max) to export a number of assets. Unfortunately if a user is not currently logged in, or the machine is locked, then Max does not run correctly. This can be solved for freshly booted…
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how to set web.config default page for php index file

I'm trying to start my web site on iis server and I use php for that. every thing is fine on server but defaultDocument. how can I set that on web.config file.
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Scheduled Tasks Fail to Run

I have a couple of scheduled tasks that run VBS script. It used to be set to "Run as" the person who has left our company. Obviously, after his account was removed, I had to change the tasks to run as another user. We have an AD account that I setup…
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__doPostBack is undefined on DotNetNuke website for IE 10

I have a DotNetNuke site, and today a customer called in and said it wasn't working on IE 10. Specifically the login and register links weren't working, but they do in compatibility mode. I took a look on our test windows 8 machine and saw that it…
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Why is IIS not serving aspx pages?

I'm deploying an ASP.NET application to Windows Server 2003 under IIS IIS is serving html pages fine but I get a page not found when I try and serve IIS pages
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401.0 - Unauthorized - MVC App with IIS 7

I've got an MVC app that normally works fine, but on a particular server, it's returning a 401.0 "The authenticated user does not have access to a resource needed to process the request" error. Normally it works like this: User logs into a separate…
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Creating a Memory Dump of a Process in Windows Server 2003?

Since windows Vista, we have the nice option to create a memory dump of a process directly from Task Manager. Sadly, Windows Server 2003 does not have this option yet :( I found ways to do a complete system-wide memory dump, but that's a bit too…
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Running a Windows Scheduled Task from ASP.net

I have a Windows scheduled task that runs a database import process every hour, but I'd like users to be able to kick it off out-of-schedule by hitting a button in an ASP.net dashboard (running in IIS6 on Windows Server 2003). The following works…
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