SHIFT-WIKI - Sjoerd Hooft's InFormation Technology
This WIKI is my personal documentation blog. Please enjoy it and feel free to reach out through blue sky if you have a question, remark, improvement or observation. See below for the latest additions, or use the search or tags to browse for content.
Fix: IIS error: serverruntime@appconcurrentrequestlimit setting is being exceeded
Summary: Fix the IIS error serverruntime@appconcurrentrequestlimit setting is being exceeded
Date: 23 September 2022
Refactor: 15 December 2024: Checked formatting and added some context.
This error happens on IIS when a IIS server is overloaded. By default, the app pool in which the sites live have limited concurrent requets configured. You need to change three settings as shown below. Don't forget to reboot the server afterwards. This was done and tested successful on a Windows Server 2016 with IIS 10.0
Fix: Editing Excel Documents With Powershell as Scheduled Job Fails
Summary: When automating excel tasks with powershell as a scheduled job you might run into issues, as server-side office tasks are not always that easy. But sometimes the fix is very easy.
Date: Around 2019
Refactor: 2 January 2025: Checked links and formatting.
Due to some weird issues with excel or powershell (nobody knows for sure although Microsoft claims it's not supported here ) it seems impossible to edit, create or save Excel documents with powershell when running it as a scheduled job, when set that the user running the task does not have to be logged on. Searching the Internet there is a solution, which worked for me and a lot of other people. You'll have to create some folders depending on if you're running Windows in 32bits or 64bits:
You'll always have to create this folder:
C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\Desktop
And if you're running 64bits you also have to create this folder:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Desktop
Now it will work.
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Fix: Cygwin: Cannot establish any listening sockets
Summary: Fix the Cygwin error 'Cannot establish any listening sockets' by gaining ownership on a locked file on a Windows AD Domain Server.
Date: Around 2019
Refactor: 2 January 2025: Checked links and formatting.
Fix: CTRL + S Freezes Putty
Summary: How to fix the behavior on linux with putty that pressing 'CTRL' + 'S' seems to freeze the box.
Date: Around 2015
Refactor: 9 January 2025: Checked links and formatting.
Whenever I press CTRL+S in putty the terminal seems to freeze. It's actually not, but it doesn't show anything. That is because CTRL+S initiates the XOFF command, which means it accepts keystrokes but doesn't show it. There are two fixes: