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Jun 18, 2012
Port Capture on Windows 2003 Using PortReporter
Have you ever wanted to capture ports in use on Windows 2003 server with a simple output? Usually you would want such information for migrations of servers and applications to new hosts from servers that have never been documented or have been long forgotten. One such tool is PortReporter and PortParser. There are other tools available to complete this task but in this post I am only covering PortReporter... read more
May 22, 2012
Installing .NET 1.1 on Windows 2008 R2
Overview This postexplains how to install .NET 1.1 on Windows 2008 R2. .NET 1.1 is not officially supported on Windows 2008 platform but can be installed and used. First IIS 7.5 must be installed with a few additional features. Step 1: Install IIS and IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility Open Server Manager and click on Roles. In the right pane click Add Roles, click Next on the Before You Begin Screen.... read more
May 2, 2012
Reserved Ports on Windows 2008 R2
Sometimes you will run into an issue where an application requires a specific port(s) and another app or service will grab them and cause that app or service to fail. In Windows 200 and 2003 you could resolve this issue by adding a Multi string registry entry in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\tcpip\Parameters called ReservedPorts and add in the exceptions and reboot and all was well. This is no... read more
Apr 28, 2012
Converting Adobe Type 1 Fonts AFM for use on Windows 7
Recently ran into an interesting issue where a client had a purchased Adobe Type 1 font the had been using on their Mac OSX systems and need to use the font on their newer Windows systems. Being that the fonts were Adobe Type 1 fonts and only had the .AFM files this was an issue with using the font on a Windows system, so it had to be converted. This was achieved by using Fondu and AfmToPfm. Fondu was run... read more
Apr 16, 2012
Autologon with Windows
Although it is not best practice to have a server set to Autologin with an id after reboot, it is sometimes a needed option for certain applications. Autologon enables you to easily configure Windows’ built-in Autologon mechanism. Instead of waiting for a user to enter their name and password, Windows uses the credentials you enter with Autologon, which are encrypted in the Registry, to log on the... read more
