Steve Gray

Windows Server 2008 Startup folder

2009-03-26T12:32:00Z

Recently I've been installing the BGINFO utility from sysinternals on all my servers and VMs, I have so many that sometimes I don't know where I am <smiles>

I'm fond of just dropping a shortcut into the 'startup' folder on the machine, but on Windows Server 2008 it's a pain to find, I have to spend 5 minutes searching for it, so...

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

That's where it it.

SEO links

2008-12-05T21:49:00Z

I get asked lots of questions about SEO (search engine optimization). Here are a few good resources:

http://www.ssw.com.au/SSW/Standards/Rules/RulesToBetterGoogleRankings.aspx

http://www.marketposition.com/blog/archives/2006/04/how_urls_can_af.html

IIS 6.0 and Flash streaming (FLV)

2008-09-23T12:11:00Z

We recently acquired an app that streams flash - but it was not working on our web servers (Winows 2003, Standard). It was pretty aggravating to get up and running

The site has .swf files that stream a flash video (.flv). The SWF works just fine, but the FLV won't stream. After some poking and probing, realization set in that there wasn't a MIME type for .FLV in IIS.

1. Open IIS Manager on the server
2. Expand the Local Computer Server.
3. Examine the 'Properties' of the local server
4. Select the MIME Types tab.
5. Click the 'New' button and enter the following:
* Associated Extension box: .FLV
* MIME Type box: flv-application/octet-stream
6. Click Ok and restart IIS.