Sync Toy

Monday, February 4th, 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/synctoy.mspx

http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/09/20/how-to-using-synctoy-to-make-a-nightly-mirror-of-my-documents/

To schedule a task using the operating system:

  1. From the Start menu, select All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Scheduled Tasks.
  2. Select Add scheduled task to start the Scheduled Task Wizard. You will see a list of possible programs to run.
  3. SyncToy may appear as an option in the list. If SyncToy does not appear in the list, click Browse and go find it.
    (Note: Odds are, it’s in your c:\Program Files\Microsoft\SyncToy directory)
  4. The wizard will next prompt you to enter how often you want to run the scheduled SyncToy (for example, daily, weekly, et cetera). Select a frequency.
    (Note: I’d suggest weekly unless you make lots of changes to your documents)
  5. The next page asks when to start the task. Select a start time.
    (Note: I’d suggest middle of the night.)
  6. The next page asks for the user name and password to run the program under. Enter your user name and password.
  7. The final page contains an option to open the properties dialog when the wizard ends. Select this checkbox.
  8. Modify the Run textbox to include (append) the –R command line option. –R all by itself will run all folder pairs that are active for run all. (Note: Sufficient if you only have this one pair, or other similar pairs. In which case, you’re done with this step) If you want to run just a single folder pair, add –R“My Pair” to the end of the command line. Note: there is a space before the hyphen but not one after the R. If the folder pair name contains a space, surround it with quotation marks, as the example above shows. For another example, assume that SyncToy is in the folder named C:\My Folder and that you want to run a folder pair named “My folder pair.” Enter the command line as follows, including the quotation marks: “C:\My Folder\SyncToy.exe” -R”My folder pair.” Note that there are two sets of quotation marks in this case: one is around the path to the SyncToy program file and the other surrounds the folder pair name.

Increasing the upload size in the MetaBase

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Note - only use notepad - notepad2 did not work!

http://www.stronghost.co.uk/Upload-/-download-limits-and-the-IIS-Metabase-File/B13.htm

Setting upload limit

If you are hosting on a Windows platform, you can alter the size limit for uploaded files via the metabase file. This is particularly useful when setting up a new server, since the default limit is just 200k.

The metabase file is locked by default. You can unlock it by going into IIS, and right-clicking on the (local computer) option and selecting Properties. Check the box next to Enable Direct Metabase Edit.

Now browse to C:windowssytem32inetserv and find the file : metabase.xml. Open it in Notepad and search (Ctrl-F) for “AspMaxRequestEntityAllowed”. Edit the value next to AspMaxRequestEntityAllowed - this is the upload limit expressed in bytes. Save the metabase.xml file.

You may want to uncheck the box next to “Enable Direct Metabase Edit” in order to re-lock it.

Setting download limit

If you want to set a download limit, follow the above instructions, but in metabase.xml edit the value “AspBufferingLimit” to your new value and save the metabase.xml file.

Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools - 64bit?

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Windows-Server-2003-Resource-Kit.html

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9D467A69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFD&displaylang=en

Multiple Websites running on Win XP Pro?

Friday, January 11th, 2008

http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/multisitesoniis.htm

Symlinks for NTFS - (Junktions)

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/fsutil.mspx?mfr=true

This might solve a small problem for the mean time

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

Definatly not something for the long term:

http://www.webmasterworld.com/microsoft_asp_net/3282171.htm

Normal Password protection for IIS 6

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

http://www.hostmysite.com/support/dedicated/IIS/passwordprotect/

 

The following article explains how to create a password protected section of your website. The protected section will require users to login before they can view contents of the folders. This is a three step process; the first step creates a Windows user account with limited access to the machine, the second step removes Anonymous Access to the folder, and the third step assigns the user to the folder.
To password protect a folder, please follow these steps:

  1. Login to your server through Terminal Services or Remote Desktop Connection.
  2. Create the Windows User by following the steps in How do I create a new user on my Windows 2000 & 2003 Server?
  3. Click Start, select Programs, and then click Administrative Tools.
    • For IIS 5.0 click Internet Services Manager.
    • For IIS 6.0 click Internet Information Services.
  4. In the left column you will see the Server Name.
    • In IIS 5.0, expand the Server Name to find the domain name.
    • In IIS 6.0, expand the Server Name and then Web Sites to find the domain name
    • .

  5. Right-click on the domain name and select Properties.
  6. On the Directory Security Tab under Authentication and Access Control click Edit.
  7. Uncheck Enable Anonymous Access.
  8. Choose the level of Authenticated Access:
    • Integrated Windows Authentication - encrypts the password sent to the server (we recommend this method).
    • Digest Authentication - this level works only if Active Directory is configured.
    • Basic Authentication - sends the password across the network in clear text (we do not recommend this method).
    • .Net Passport Authentication - a web authentication service.
  9. Click Ok and then click Ok a second time.
  10. Navigate to the folder on your server containing the contents of your website.
  11. Right click the folder and select Properties.
  12. On the Security tab click Add.
  13. Enter the name of the user you created and click Ok.
  14. If you wish to allow other users to login, repeat step 14 with the additional user names.

Your website is now password protected. If you prefer to password protect only a folder, rather than your entire website, you can repeat the exact steps above on the individual folder, rather than your entire website.

IIS 6 Hardening

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

http://www.shebeen.com/win2003/

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/locktool.mspx

Using the NETSTAT command - find out what is going on!

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/netstat.mspx?mfr=true

Pretty Good antivirus that is free and works on Windows 2003 server 64bit WINCLAM

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

WinClam:

http://www.clamwin.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=25