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After completed testing of my ASP.Net in test server, I deployed the same application to client’s server. However, I was hit with following error:

HTTP 500 - Internal Error Server

On further testing, I can’t even connect to localhost (that’s weird!). It gives the same error as above. My client’s system has the following:

1. Windows XP SP2
2. IIS 5.1
3. Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1 (v 1.1.4322)

I tried the following but still couldn’t work:

1. Reinstall IIS
2. Reinstall Microsoft .Net Framework
3. Run aspnet_regiis.exe -i

Solution:

1. First of all I need to ensure that IE will not suppress any error messages. In order to do that, open Internet Explorer go to Tools-> Internet Options ->  Advanced Tab. Check option Show Friendly HTTP Error Messages.
2. Install IIS
3. Install Microsoft .Net Framework
4. Make sure Distributed Transaction Coordinator service is installed and running!
• open up your services panel or enter "services.msc"
• look for Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC)
• If it is not there, that means it is not installed.
• To install DTC, open up command prompt,
• go to your %windir/system32
• run msdtc.exe -install
• Once installed, you should be able to see DTC in your service panel.
• Start it
5. Run aspnet_regiis.exe -i to complete installation.
6. And voila! My ASP.Net application works!

For guides to reinstall DTC, click here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891801

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On my previous post, I already showed you how to create your own search plugin for Firefox and IE. I hope you didn’t mess up your PC. Well, are you ready for more hacks?

Ok, we know there are a few ways to search in IE. The common ways are:

• using address bar
  • you type in the full address and hit Enter.
• search text box (located on top right)
  • you select which search plugin you want to use, type in keywords and hit Enter.

These 2 are preset search features available on all IE. The downside of the first option is that you need to key in full address and quite troublesome (assuming no history url being cached). The second one is better option because you can select which search engine plugin to use and can just type in what you want to search. However, if you have lots of search engine plugins, you may find yourself spending time switching between different search engine plugins.

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These days, people are spending more time surfing online, be it for work, research, entertainment, downloading pirated movies or keeping in touch with friends and peers. It is undeniable that, today, for some, Internet is part of their lives or maybe it IS your life if you are making a living with it like Liew or Darren and many others.

This post, I compile a list of shortcut keys for both Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer that will enhance your surfing experience. Some shortcut keys are commonly known but you may some keys that you never thought it existed.

Read on to find out…

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This post is a follow-up from my previous tutorial (How to Create Search Engine Plugins (Firefox)). This time around, I will show you how you can create search engine plugin for Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7). I will show you how to :

• Install Search Engine via Registry
• Change Default Search Engine Plugin

Install Search Engine via Registry

** If you have no experience in modifying registry keys, please do not try this. Messing up registry keys may cause your PC to stop functioning. Use at your own risk. **

• open up your registry editor
• go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes
• create a new key, name it whatever you want.
• create a string value. Name it as DisplayName.
• double-click on DisplayName value and enter the text to display on the search text box.
• create another string value. Name it as URL.
• double-click on URL value and enter the URL to perform the search.
  • for instance, to perform search in BytesWired, the full URL is

http://www.byteswired.com?q={searchTerms}

• {searchTerms} is the word capture on the search text box. If you read my previous post on FireFox, this same keyword applied to FireFox too.

Change Default Search Engine Plugin

• if you want to change the default search engine, you can do that from IE7 browser itself or can tweak on the registry value.
• to change the default search engine plugin, go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes
• look at the string name called DefaultScope. The value reflects the ID of the installed plugins.
• to find installed plugins, look at all the keys located under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes key
• replace DefaultScope value with any of the available plugins ID
• restart IE7 to see the changes you just made.

What’s Next

I will write a guide to tweak more registry settings which can make searching a breeze and enhance surfing experience with IE7.