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After certificate renewal, Procon web application fails to run properly and below were the steps to resolve: "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\MachineKeys" - The files with lock symbol - Grant everyone (local) - full permission In certificated snap-in copy the latest certificate from Personal to Trusted Root Certification authorities folder In IIS - verify the site binding is correct with the latest certificate Recycle application pool - "ProconAppPool"

Recently I handled a case that process "IIS Worker Process"    (c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\w3wp.exe) continueously writing to a log file in c:\temp\tracing/log, this was found using process monitor. I wanted to narrow down what application pool exactly writes this log file and below information was provided by MSFT. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jb/archive/2006/02/22/536693.aspx C:\WINDOWS\system32>cscript iisapp.vbs Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved. W3WP.exe PID: 15924   AppPoolId: DefaultAppPool I found the application pool id as "DefaultAppPool" Another process Content Index service (C:\WINDOWS\system32\cisvc.exe) was writing to C:\inetpub\catalog.wci\0010002.ci and the solution was Indexing Service supposed to be disabled as standard in the environment :)

Using the findstr command will enable you to search for text within any plain text file: Example : findstr /m "ZLUOOP.TXT" *.log

for /D %f in (*-a) do rmdir %f /s /q Above command deletes all folders ending with -a

HP NC375i adapter in Proliant DL 580 G7 server, the adapter may stop responding, requiring a  server reboot  to recover the operation of the adapter. Below is the HP advisory: HP advisory c02964542 Link: http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/kb/docDisplay/?javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.prp_ba847bafb2a2d782fcbb0710b053ce01=wsrp-navigationalState%3DdocId%253Demr_na-c02964542-13%257CdocLocale%253D%257CcalledBy%253D&javax.portlet.tpst=ba847bafb2a2d782fcbb0710b053ce01&ac.admitted=1395243335327.876444892.199480143 SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - CUSTOMER ADVISORY Document ID:  c02964542 Version:  10 Advisory: (Revision) HP ProLiant and HP StorageWorks Systems: HP NC375i, NC375T, NC522m, NC522SFP, NC523SFP, CN1000Q  Network Adapters  - FIRMWARE UPGRADE REQUIRED to Avoid the Loss and Automatic Recovery of Ethernet Connec...

We had an ISA 2006 server running with below roles: Web Proxy Reverse Proxy for Communicator Web Access (Web server publishing rule) Reverse Proxy for web conferencing (Web Server Publishing rule). Steps: Install Windows 2008 R2 server Install TMG 2010 Internal network connection doesn't have default gateway, but static route for internal network. External network connection has 2 public IP's (for both web sites). One external IP has internet access. Create Web Access Rule for Internal network. Install both certificates. Install Root certificate. Create web server publishing rule for CWA (meet.mydomain.com) Create Listener with appropriate IP and certificate Create we server publishing rule for Webconferencing (webconf.mydomain.com) Create Listener with appropriate IP and certificate.

Issue: Windows 2003 - unexpected server reboots with hpqilo 57 events RESOLUTION In order to prevent unexpected server reboots, upgrade to both of the following: Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) Firmware Version 1.82 (or later) iLO 2 Management Controller Driver Version 1.12.0.0 (or later) Refer below link for more details: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01802766&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=3239482