Rohit Dhand

Finally, the day has come when Windows 7 is hitting shelves in New York today i.e. 22nd Oct, 09. It has opened to a big positive response from different users in twitter & industry experts. Using it for the last 2 months. No problems at all. Strong solid release from Microsoft. Strongly Recommended. Watch out Microsoft Basher's, Microsoft is back again.

Windows 2008 Server R2 provides software level support for the network load balancing of various servers like Web Server, Print Server, Database Server etc. The feature of multicast communication has to be resolved by putting an arp entry into the router/switch which ever we are using. The ping to the Virtual IP will not happen by default, unless we put the physical address of the Virtual IP as a static entry in the arp table of the router/switch.

Microsoft will release Windows 8 nearly after three years of general launch of Windows 7 i.e. Oct, 2012. It is believed that Windows 8 will have a new Interface which looks like 3D in nature and overhaul the architecture i.e. moving to 128 Bit rather than 32 or 64 Bit only. Let's hope Microsoft continues to make even a better product than Windows 7.

This is one of the greatest and best ever server produced since Windows NT 4.0 Era. The server gives performance boost over various areas and provides best corporate features like: Network Load Balancing, Failover Cluster, RADIUS Server etc. Its also improves on major areas like IIS 7.5 which helps in managing the web sites with ease and making it more modular. It also enhances the performance of IIS, php (if configured) like any thing. Strongly recommended , if one is still sticking to the traditional Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000.

Windows 7 Professional version is a solid release and robust operating system from Microsoft. This rock solid product provides benefits in terms of performance and a simple and sleek interface for basic working. Destined to have positive reviews when it launches on 22nd Oct, 09. People still using XP and also who upgraded to Vista, must upgrade. Value for money.

Sending emails in a Web Application has been a crucial task. ASP.NET provides method to send regular and html emails with attachments. A SMTP relay server is required to send emails from web applications. We can use the smtp.gmail.com service to send emails by using an authenticated user account. The following code shows how to send normal/regular emails by making changes in web.config file: a. Web.config File changes Make the following changes in the web.config file b. OnButton_Click MailMessage mail=new MailMessage(); mail.To.Add( receiver@gmail.com ); mail.From=new MailAddress( xx@gmail.com ); mail.Subject="Hi this is a test message"; mail.Body="Welcome to ASP.NET email sending"; SmtpClient smtp=new SmtpClient(); smtp.EnableSsl=true; smtp.Send(mail); This is a simple method of sending emails through ASP.NET pages.

In order to capture events on buttons in ASP.NET web forms that are part of a WebUser Control, the following method without delegate can be used: a. Code behind of Web User Control //Create an event handler public event EventHandler OnButtonClick; //Create an new event on the click of button public void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.OnButtonClick(this, new EventArgs()); } b. Code behind of Web Form of ASP.NET //On the page load event use the following code this.WebUserControl1.OnButtonClick+=new EventHandler(WebUserControl1.OnButtonClick); //Define the method that handles the event now void WebUserControl1.ButtonClick(object sender, EventArgs e) { ///custom code goes here. } This is the easiest method of generating an event and capturing the same in the main Web Form without Delegates. We can do the same with the help of delegates. I will cover the same in the coming post.

Now running Windows 7 Build 7068. Its the most stable version of the Operating System in the release candidate form. This build has a tag of RC_Build in the Licence agreement also. Might be from the RC Escrow Build Stages. Very Stable, responsive and peformance oriented System.

Windows 7 will be going through Release Candidate in the month of April-May, 09. Microsoft will be releasing only one release candidate this time. This is the first time that any windows based operating system will be having only one Release Candidate unlike Windows XP 2 RC's and Windows Vista 2 RC's. Windows 7 have already generated much hype for its performance & drivers compatability. Hoping to be a good release for Microsoft.

Internet Explorer 8 has been RTM'd. I have used the browser. Its really quick, fast and easier to browse. There are lots of new features that have been added in the new browser like: a. Web Slices b. InPrivate Browing c. Visual Search d. Suggested Web Sites e. AutoSuggest URL Bar. f. AutoColor combinations of Multiple tabs open from the same window etc. This version of Internet Explorer should be exactly what Microsoft should have produced way back with Internet Explorer 7. But better late than never. Microsoft has created a good and a solid product. It will not change the perceptions of the users who have shifted to alternate browsers, but will pick up slowly in the market and re-establish its credibility of a good browser. Also it will help in putting a big stop in the declining share of the Internet Explorer over a couple of years. Its not for the people who have taken a profession to critize microsoft by spending 30 hours in a days to bash and condemn microsoft products, but f