December 2009 - Posts

The (Near) Final Word on Multi-Monitor Taskbars for Windows 7 - Ultramon vs. DisplayFusion by Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen

Wow, this was the longest time I've ever gone without blogging. It was very interesting being (reasonably) unplugged. I was even more unplugged this time than last year when we spent Christmas in South Africa (where I was blogging near-daily over...
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Polling Video – A Viable sub-second alternative? by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

  An interesting suggestion was made with regard to my intended use of embedded “heartbeat” markers.  Mike Loynd (WL) referred me to this fascinating article by John Deutscher (PM for IIS Media).  That caused me to experiment with the following...
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My move to free HDTV – Part 3 – Progress Report by Method ~ of ~ failed by Tim Heuer

It has been six months since installing my initial infrastructure to move away from paid television and toward a goal of free, digital/HDTV broadcast in my home. On my last post - My move to free HDTV Part 2 -- it was about HD HomeRun to the rescue for...
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Installing WordPress on IIS using the Web Platform Installer by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

Introduction In the following walkthrough we will step through the installation of WordPress using the Web Platform Installer (WebPi).   Installation 1. Launch the Web Platform Installer either from IIS Manager or Start > All Programs > Microsoft...

Silverlight HVP Design – Configuration & Scenarios by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

  Design Update   This blog post extends the  previous post in which I discussed the IMarkerEventHandler interface and how it might be implemented. We are actively looking at using an IoC (Inversion of Control) container such as Ninject...
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WebPI Contextual Install by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

As you all know, WebPI offers a rich set products and applications and continues to offer more. One of my favorite features in WebPI (it’s been in PI since its v1 days) is called Contextual Install. This feature provides a seamless experience for customers...

IIS Security: Semi-colons in URL by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

IIS security guy Nazim Lala has just blogged about a IIS 6 security issue, related to the use of Semi-colon (;) in a URL. It's not much of an issue if your IIS 6 server is properly configured. Good example of how Best practices can make your day....
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Public disclosure of IIS security issue with semi-colons in URL by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

IIS has been alerted to the claim of a new security issue in IIS 6 and I wanted to explain the issue and our position on it. The issue in question affects only IIS 6 (Windows Server 2003) and arises when you send a URL with a semi-colon in it. IIS 6 uses...

Is there a way to get WebPI to install Products in an offline way? by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

FAQ: Do I always need to be online for WebPI to download and install all the products it offers? Short answer: Yes FAQ: Is there a way to get webpi to install products in an offline way? Many WebPI customers have requested for this feature. While WebPI...

Silverlight HVP Design Update by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

  This blog post is part of the documentation for the Silverlight HyperVideo Player Open Source Project Design Change: Create an Interface: IMarkerEventHandler Optionally derive a base class MarkerEventHandler that implements the interface Instantiate...

Why should I use Web Platform Installer? by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

This is one question I have often heard from a lot of people. I had written about this a long time back and yet find it interesting enough to give it another shot. For those who are not aware... Web platform installer is a free tool from Microsoft which...
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IIS Videos on Dr. Dobb's Web Site by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

Like many people I know, I get a lot of email from various industry-related publications; some of the emails are spam, and the others are from computer magazines that I subscribe to. (And there are several of those. ;-] ) Anyway, I received an email the...
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Debugging WINCACHE using Visual Studio – Cache management by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

Previous Post In the last post I talked about setting important breakpoints. In this post I will talk about how different cache is managed using shared memory which is part of the function I told you to put breakpoint in. And yes it is the most important...
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Being a writer, and having an editor. A Short Rant. by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

I have been incredibly lucky; the editors I’ve worked with have been terrific. O’Reilly, for example, spends a lot of time on editing. And they interpret the term editing correctly and broadly: everything from copyediting to technical editing to just...
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Information for Silverlight HVP Developers… by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Information for current and interested developers for the Silverlight HVP project has been consolidated, extended and updated on the new Developer’s Page . </msg> Read More...
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