Microsoft IIS is the Web Server used to develop and deploy web application based on Microsoft Technologies like ASP.net and Classic ASP. If you are developer working on Microsoft Technologies you might need to install Microsoft IIS at some point. Please note all Windows 7 version not included Microsoft Soft IIS. Please click here to make sure Microsoft IIS is a part of your Windows  7 distribution.

Follow steps below for installation. You may need Windows 7 DVD between installation so keep it handy.

Click on Start -> Control Panel

Click on View by drop down link in the top-right corner and select Small Icons. The items list now changed to uncategorized list.

Click on Programs and Features

Now click on Turn Windows features on or off to get windows feature dialog box

Select required component from Windows  Features dialog box. Click on + to expand and view sub-features list.

Now windows installing Microsoft Windows for you. You will get “Please wait while Windows makes changes to features. This may take several minutes.” Just wait while windows completing installation.

Now type http://localhost/ in your favorite browser. You shoud see default IIS7 page.

Currently, i have no issue with my Dell Inspiron 1525 and it’s working  like a charm with Windows 7. However, some of the issue i had experienced before that i would like to share with readers.

Suddenly System Shutdown with Blue Screen

There are several reason that can cause your system to die suddenly with blue screen or without blue screen withing a second.  This issue is very wide and finding out why it is happening is extremely tough task. Here are some of the reason that can cause your pc to die suddenly.

1. RAM (Random Access Memory) failure
2. Hardware failure
3. Improper hardware driver installation
4. Software issue
5. Overheating  Processor

I called Dell toll free number for the assistance.  Dell representative asked  me to run diagnostic utility to check any possible hardware error and re-call them with error number and description if any.  I run diagnostic utility and there was no error found by utility. Dell utility took about an hour to check all hardware. Maximum time was taken by RAM check. Again, i called Dell with the utility result and they asked me check BIOS Version number.  The BIOS version i had was A13 that was outdated. The representative instructed me over phone how to download and update latest BIOS version A16.  After the BIOS upgrade i never experienced this issue again. The representative told me to check system for a week and also told me they will call me week after a week to check how system is working . As they promised, they called me after a week to check weather issue resolved or not.

RAM Upgrade

As warranty upgrade, i also called Dell customer care for RAM memory upgrade from 2GB to 4GB. The customer care representative said they don’t have compatible RAM(DDR II) for your laptop (Inspiron 1525). I argued representative about this because there was only 6 month left i bought laptop and it was within warranty. Same RAM version still available in the market without Dell but i could not upgrade from others becuase it  could void my laptop warranty.

Extended Warranty

I asked about warranty upgrade from Dell customer care and they said i need to pay around 7K for one year warranty upgrade which is costly in comparison to other manufacturers. So, i finally decided not to go with warranty upgrade.

BSNL has stopped EVDO and NIC data card booking from last one month. Myself and lot of other EVDO lovers still waiting for the booking to restart. This is more important and awaiting because new EVDO promotional offer rolling out countrywide on BSNL website offering EVDO card @750/month. This is cheapest price bsnl offering in comparison to other telecoms companies. You can expect this kind of things only with BSNL. This is how Sarkari system works. New promotional offer advertisement giving out in media but billing system no longer works from a month. Moreover, promotional offer time is ending on 31st March. It seems new system not going to work soon so nobody will be able to take advantage of this offer.

According to BSNL representative, their new DOT Software system stopped working in the first week of Feb and they have no information on when new system working again. Also, new billing software has lot of issues in billing and booking system. Myself received previous month bill two times with extended charges. It seems new system adopted without proper quality testing by authorities. BSNL employee don’t care what is happening.

Don’t experiment anything if your connection running smoothly and you don’t have specific need. Let me explain why!

There are two incidence happened with me that i never expected. You can not expect this kind of issue with a professional company.

1) I am using BSNL broadband from last 3 years and more. The  reason is i don’t have any alternative in my area. For a year, i used broadband 550 plan and quiet happy with speed and everything. After a year, i feel to change broadband 550 plan to unlimited broadband 999 (Now 750/-) plan due to large volume usage. I reached to BSNL office and give them written application for the change of plan. After one week of application submission my connection stopped working. Initially  i thought there may be a issue with DNS or temporarily server problem. Second day i called customer care and they suggest me to inquire on BSNL new market head office. I reached there and head office representative said to inquire on our area exchange office. Again, i reached my area exchange office but there were only blank chairs saying me why you came here, No body here to attend you. After three visits, i met with my local area office head and what he said was really surprising for me and may be for you too. My connection was cut. They presented me broadband termination order they received from head office. I matched termination order date with the plan change receipt i had. The dates were same. This was simply means they had released connection termination order in place of plan change order. After one week mental and physical practice i got why my connection stopped working and next one week to reconnect my connection. Till date my BSNL bills was paid and i have no due to pay BSNL. How i managed to reconnect my connection is another story. It’s much to learn how  BSNL works.

2) In Jan 2009, they launched new broadband scheme 799 that allow unlimited free calls on BSNL mobile and landline network. I finally decided to take advantage of this offer and again did a blunder mistake. After plan change i received next month bill just doubled. In inquiry, account department said they charged one month price as security deposit. My connection was booked without security deposit and without modem purchase or modem rental under a promotional scheme when i booked my connection 3 years back. The account person said, when plan change or system see any activity in account their software treat account holder as new account holder and add one month plan charge as security deposit in bill if security deposit not already paid by account holder. This is how their system works. After, three years they are charging a loyel customer security deposit even my connection was booked without security deposit. The story not stopped here. As i said, I never paid for modem till now because BSNL were giving modem free of cost at the time of my booking. Let’s see what happen.

Let’s come back to original story. If you have anything to share on BSNL EVDO please feel free to comment so other people take advantage of information.

Bharti Airtel one of largest and leading telecoms company in India applied for 3G spectrum. According to daily news sources, 3G bids starting from 9th April and today is last day for bid submission for telecoms companies.

After BSNL, Bharti Airtel has plan to launch 3G services countrywide. We hope auction process complete successfully and 3G spectrum alloted to telecoms companies.

You may find lower image resolution in the Opera 10 or newer version. First time i thought its just image loading issue and will fix over time but this was not the case. Opera introduced new feature that increase browsing speed significantly and gives you faster browsing experience. This technology called “Opera Turbo” by Opera Community. According to Opera, Opera Turbo is server-side optimization and compression technology that provides significant improvements in browsing speeds over limited-bandwidth connections by compressing network traffic. You have several advantage of this feature but some people may find this feature annoying because Opera Turbo decrease image quality and you may not see actual image on the website. But it play significant role when you don’t bother about images and love to read content or browsing on low bandwidth connection.

Advantage

• Decrease your net bill if you  are on pay per usage plan
• Faster browsing experience by compressing images and server side optimization

Opera proxy server do not handle secure connection. SSL connection completely bypass to protect user privacy.

How to Fix

Follow steps below to turn off opera turbo mode

• Click on bottom left turbo icon and select Configure Opera Turbo
• Select Turn off turbo and click on to implement change.
  
• Now refresh page. Image should load properly after disabling turbo mode. You can also choose automatic mode that allow opera to determine where to on/off turbo mode depend on network.

Word Press have missed schedule issue from 2.7 version onwards. Word Press post scheduling was working fine upto   2.6.5 version as many of users reported on web.  You can schedule wordpress post to publish on a specified time. but when time comes post can not publish and shows missed schedule in the admin area.  According to WP guys, this is not the issue that Word Press guys can fix. This issue comes when your web server can not properly execute wp-cron process.  New wordpress wp-cron method run wp-cron in separate process that rely on web server configuration. Everytime Word Press loads it looks for wp-cron whether it should be run or not based on the time it was last run.

Here are some reason that prevent Word Press to run wp-cron correctly.

• Server doesn’t have DNS, and so it can’t figure out who “example.com” is, even though it is *itself*.
• Server administrators, in a misguided attempt at security, have blocked “loopback” requests, so it can’t actually make a call back to itself.
• Server is running something called “mod_security” or similar, which actively blocks the call due to brain-dead configuration.

There is simple to complex workaround to solve this issue. This problem automatically fix when your server is configured to run wp-cron properly but it require server root access and extensive server administration knowledge. So server configuration method is simply not for everyone to use. There is simple workaround to fix this issue that force wordpress to run wp-cron using alternative method that does not rely on web server configuration. To fix the issue add below line in the wp-config.php file. This line can be add anywhere in the wp-config.php file.

define(‘ALTERNATE_WP_CRON’, true);

This should restore wordpress schedule functionality.

This error comes when you try to upload media file such as image, video by Wordpress browser uploader or flash uploader. Wordpress shows this error when temporary upload folder not configured in php.ini file. It is possible upload temp folder is configured but path entered does not exist in the file system. To fix the issue you just need to check and correct temporary path in php.ini file. If path is in-correct you need to correct folder path or if no folder path given then you need to set temporary path.

You can easily fix this by editing php.ini file. Most of the shared hosting provider now support custom php.ini per account. It means you can have you own php.ini and optimize php setting according to your need.

Apply following steps to complete this task.

1) Find out exact physical path of your account public_html folder. Create a text file and name it phpinfo.php. Add below lines in the file. Save file then upload file in the public_html folder of your server.

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

2) Run phpinfo.php file by pointing your browser to the file. http://www.yourdomain.com/phpinfo.php. Replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain  name.

3) Search for two entries _SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"] and Loaded Configuration File. Note down value against these entries.

In my case value for above entries are

_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]  -> /home/homefolder/public_html/phpinfo.php

Loaded Configuration File -> /etc/php/php.ini

4) If your hosting account support custom php.ini or you have server access then you can complete following steps otherwise you need to ask your hosting company to complete this for you.

If you have server command line access.

1. Create a temporary folder called “tmp” within your public_html folder from FTP. Now temporary folder path is /home/homefolder/public_html/tmp/
   
2. Login into the command prompt as server administrator.
3. Type below command and hit enter
4. $ sudo nano /etc/php/php.ini
5. It will open php.ini file in nano visual editor with root privileges. Enter root password if asked.
6. Find upload_tmp_dir and un-comment it if commented. “;” used for commenting purpose in php.ini. Simply remove this special character to un-comment line.
7. Change upload_tmp_dir value to /home/homefolder/public_html/tmp/. You line should appear similar to next line (8).
8. upload_tmp_dir = /home/homefolder/public_html/tmp/
9. Save php.ini file and restart apache.
10. Now again run phpinfo.php file in your browser. New value should appear in your php info setting.

If your host support custom php.ini

1. Create a temporary folder called “tmp” within your public_html folder from FTP. Now temporary folder path is /home/homefolder/public_html/tmp/
2. Create a text file called php.ini in your system and paste content in step (8) specified above.
3. Save file and upload to your public_html folder in your FTP.
4. Run phpinfo.php file in your browser. New value should appear in your php info setting.

Error should disappear now. However, in some cases you may still get same error. For those cases try removing trailing slash at the end of path. After the change path would be  /home/homefolder/public_html/tmp instead of /home/homefolder/public_html/tmp/

Host Support Custom PHP.INI

• HostGator
• aSmallOrange
• SiteGround
• Site5

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Norton is not giving out Norton 360 and Norton Anti Virus 2010 free download for 90 days. There are lot of significant improvement in the speed and technology in the Norton 2010 version. In the earlier days Norton were known to slow down your PC. According to Norton they have built 2010 version security products from the ground up and highly optimized for Windows 7.

Norton 2010 security versions are lightest and take little foot print in the memory. I am using this on one of my PC and speed is significantly improved in comparison to previous versions.

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Firefox is now officially available for mobile devices based on open source Nokia’s Maemo OS platform. Below are the list of mobile devices supported by Firefox on Maemo platform. They are also working on Firefox release for Android and Windows Mobile devices but no future plan to release Firefox for iPhone, Blackberry and Symbian platform due to native restrictions with the operating system.

Maemo Devices Supported

• Nokia N900
• Nokia N810

Windows Mobile Devices Supported

• Samsung Omnia II,
• AT&T Touch Fuze,
• HTC Touch Pro

Android Devices Supported

To be release for Android device.