Solved: Cannot download File from IIS6 FTP

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Thomas Maurer

Today we a ticket which was escalated by the second level support to the engineering. A customer could not download, remove or rename the file via FTP. The Hosting is running on a Windows Server 2003 R2 with IIS6. After checking the file on the filesystem I saw that the filename had a space in before.

Normalfilename:

“filename.html”

Wrongfilename:

” filename.html”

You cannot really name a file like that with a windows machine. But Linux and Unix systems like Mac OS X allow this.

After renaming the file to a normal Windows filename, the customer you download the file again.

Btw you can simple rename the file with powershell

Rename-Item " filename.html" "newfilename.html"

How to lock a Mac Screen

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Thomas Maurer

I work often with my notebook at school or by customers, so I need something to quickly lock my screen for security reasons. There is an easy way to lock the screen of Mac OS X and also save battery life.

First check the checkbox for “Require password after sleep or screen saver begins”

Now I create a new active Screen Corner with “Put Display to Sleep”

No I can just move my cursor in the bottom left corner and my screen gets black. After I move my mouse or press a key I need to login again. But all programs run in the background.

Snow Leopard

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Thomas Maurer

Mac OS X Snow Leopard

I just upgraded all my mac at home and at work… everything runs just fine, and without any problem during the upgrade from Mac OS X Leopard to Snow Leopard. I really love the performance of snow leopard, just everything looks faster than in leopard. I really hope VMware gets Fusion running under Snow Leopard with the 64-bit kernel (btw. Fusion runs fine with the 32bit kernel.

You can boot your mac os x snow leopard with the 64bit kernel, by holding down the key “6″ and “4″.

Microsoft and Apple Patches

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Thomas Maurer

Microsoft and Apple released some Updates yesterday. Microsoft basically released a security Update for Microsoft Powerpoint and the usual Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool which comes every month.

Apple instead released a bigger Update for the Leopard System. Mac OS X 10.5.7 was released yesterday evening and brings alot of fixes.

The 10.5.7 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3397.
For detailed information on security updates, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222 .

Mac OS X 10.5.7 Update (442 MB) – Requires OS X 10.5.6
Mac OS X 10.5.7 Combo Update (729 MB) – Upgrade from any version of OS X 10.5 Leopard
Mac OS X Server 10.5.7 (452 MB)
Mac OS X Server Combo 10.5.7 (951 MB)

Some highlights include:

- Improves performance of video playback and cursor movements for recent Macs with NVIDIA graphics.
- Improves Finder search results for network volumes that may not support Spotlight searching
- Addresses a situation that may cause issues when logging into Gmail
- Improves consistency with Parental Controls and application restrictions

Apple also released a Update for the Safari 4 Beta, which comes with the Software Update after you updated to 10.5.7.