Backup or Copy Windows Server 2008 Configuration

In Windows Server 2008 there is a backup tool called Windows Server Backup which however creates huge backup files. I prefer to use a simple command/batch file that copies everything I want to backup, zips it and then uploads it to Amazon S3 (aka “the cloud”) I have not been able to find a simple way to… Continue reading Backup or Copy Windows Server 2008 Configuration

WordPress on Windows/IIS cannot upgrade, add plugins, upload themes

I have been struggling with this one ever since I moved my WordPress installation from my old Windows 2003 server to a new Windows Server 2008 machine. If I try to use “automatic upgrade” to upgrade to the latest WordPress release or upgrade or add a new plugin I get to the “Connection Information” page… Continue reading WordPress on Windows/IIS cannot upgrade, add plugins, upload themes

PHP 5.3.1 upgrade on IIS7 and MySQL gives Internal Server Error

Solution After a lot of googling and testing I finally found Bruce Kirkpatrick’s comment at the end of the PHP install manual Seems it is no longer enough to have localhost in the servers local hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts) you also have to comment out or remove the IPv6 equivalent. 127.0.0.1 localhost #::1 localhost After I… Continue reading PHP 5.3.1 upgrade on IIS7 and MySQL gives Internal Server Error