Microsoft is offering an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $40 for a limited time. The upgrade process starts off with the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant to help ensure you have compatible hardware / software. It is a digital download and you can create installation media (DVD/USB) from the download if you want.  Also, you don’t have to upgrade immediately, it can be installed at a later date if you are cautious of being an early adopter.   Also, pick up the Windows Media Center Pack for free with...

Of course this happens on a weekend when I am doing a data migration!  Ahh life’s little challenges.

Ran into this error when running the SharePoint Foundation 2010 configuration wizard The issue was that a website in IIS had an IPV6 binding. Apparently the team that built the wizard never thought to test on a machine with an IPV6 binding, they also still haven’t released a patch / update for this. How does something like this get past QA? Seriously.

Hello, I’ve recently come across an issue where we had a third-party plugin that would not unregister using the registration tool or the web interface. The error message inner details are as follows: System.IO.FileLoadException: Microsoft Dynamics CRM has experienced an error After much trial and error, and with some help from Microsoft support we were able to determine that the server did not have Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.dll (x64) installed in the GAC. Now I won’t go into the obvious question of why it needs to have the old SDK dll in order to unregister a plugin (the new one is supposed to be...

Just found a fun little “feature” with setting cookies in asp.net.   Apparently there is a restriction when setting a cookie on a domain with an underscore in the name.  Not entirely sure WHY however since it appears that all other browsers do not have an issue. Testing confirms what accessing the site via IP address sets the cookie correctly or using a different domain name for the server.   Just strange.

I get asked frequently how to disable this.  The relevant documentation can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg554879.aspx