"System.Web.HttpException (0x80004005): The URL-encoded form data is not valid." error after MS11-100
After applying MS11-100, an out-of-band security update for ASP.NET to mitigate an ASP.NET Denial of Service vulnerability, you may experience the following error comming from an .NET web application:
How to use .htaccess files on Windows Server IIS
In this post I'll show you how to install Helicon Ape in Windows Server IIS and how to use .htaccess files for your website. Yes, expect a lot of .htaccess examples for IIS :) Further this post describes some common uses of .htaccess files by PHP applications like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, or your own coded CMS. For example how to manage subdomains or HTTPS redirections.
Start all stopped application pools in IIS 6.0
How to stop and start application pools using VBScript and ADSI in Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6.0. The following VBScript locates all application pools in a stopped state and tries to start them. It does so by querying IIS' Metabase for all AppPool objects and their .State property. If the state is not running, then the application pool is started.