If you want to write to the Server's Event log from ASP.NET you'll first need to tweak some security settings. The first change is easy, however the second took me a while to find. Step One: Grant "Full Control" to the "IIS_WPG" group to the following registry key: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog Step Two: One of the security restrictions added to IIS 6 under Windows Server 2003 was much tighter ACLs (Access Control Lists) on the event logs. This restricts what accounts can read and write to the logs (application, system & security). To overcome this you'll ne... [More]

I recently stumbled across these Remote Desktop keyboard shortcuts so thought I'd share them... RDP Session Local Equivalent Description CTRL + ALT + END CTRL + ALT + DEL Windows Security Dialog CTRL + ALT + BREAK (none) Toggle RDP from window to Full Screen ALT + INSERT CTRL + ALT + TAB Cycle through running programs ALT + HOME WINDOWS Open Start Menu ALT + DELETE ALT + SPACEBAR Open Control Menu ... [More]

If like me you've more than one computer at home and would like to be able to RDP to them directly then read on! If you follow the steps below you will be able to add extra "listening" ports to each of your computers so you can access them from anywhere... The reason you need to do this is to allow you to specify specific port forwarding rules in your firewall/router. The default RDP port is 3389 so I leave my main computer alone, but if i want to access my media centre I can get to it by adding :3390 to my hostname/ip. Any other computers you can just increase the port number. Step one: Run... [More]