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I am currently looking to upgrade my software company's server configuration, and I need advice on how I should pursue doing so on a limited budget. Current Servers 1) Windows SBS 2003 Server Location: Local Dell Server Roles: - Active Directory Domain Controller - DNS (internal/local routing...

I see. I guess I just always thought the new site would take precedence at some point in time. I suppose Google keeps it in the index so long as it is serving at a landing page. Just seems crazy for a page with such little text to be so highly ranked for broad phrases. Thanks for the input!

It has been at the top for the designated keywords for quite sometime. I am just curious if anyone knows of a technique they may be using to make their rankings possible. I have reviewed a TON of SEO techniques, and each they are using as well, and none of them should help with gain rankings...

I have been performing Search Engine Optimization and paid ad tasks for years, and have had a lot of success with the results of my optimization for specific keywords. In optimizing a site of mine for "service dispatch" I have come across a site that seems to break all of the rules I've ever...

I am creating my first ClickOnce application in VS 2008. ClickOnce requires that you sign your application with a certificate, and VS creates a temporary certificate to use. However, I am wondering if it's possible to create a custom code signing certificate for deployment. I don't...

The most reliable way of getting the number of an Instance is to look it up in the registry by name. Just look at this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\Instance Names\SQL The values should be straight-forward for you to find the instance numbers you need.

Jay, I appreciate the post, but I don't believe that article has anything to do with Management Studio. To be more specific: I am writing an application that will launch an automated installation of SQL Server 2005 Express with Advanced Services. I would like to modify the arguments I pass to...

Does anyone know of a reliable way to programatically confirm whether or not the Management Studio is installed. I've been looking at different registry entries, but have not been able to pinpoint a single entry that is reliable to check for from machine to machine. I can't really check for a...

I have multiple applications that I handle the installations for using Macrovision's InstallShield. I have no problem configuring the files, redistributables, paths, etc. I am wondering if anyone can provide some details on what can be done to prevent the "Windows is preparing to install" issue...

Well, after a bit of research and testing I've found that the problem is indeed an issue with ASP's handling of Unicode characters. I am still not sure EXACTLY what caused this to change on my site, but after reviewing numerous site backups from the past year I believe this to be a problem with...

gmmastros, I did review post, and the information given is very useful for troubleshooting my issue further. However, I've had bigger fish to fry in the past few days, so I have not had the chance to test and confirm anything. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions, it is very useful!

As mentioned in my original post the fields are of data type NTEXT. The most bizarre thing about this is that these fields have not changed, been updated, or otherwise altered. It's almost like some sort of update ran against my entire DB. Am I not handling the input of these special...

SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

I haven't actually found a reasonable way of logging traffic yet. So far the logs I'm viewing are the PDM logs only....any suggestions on setting those logs up would be helpful. I just viewed my server's logs and it looks like that request from that IP have stopped, but it seems as if it's...

I have been getting a large number of FTP requests from various IPs. I have setup an entry in my Access List to Deny all traffic originating from a specific IP on the outside, however, for some reason the traffice from this IP is still being allowed, and I can still see the FTP requests getting...