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• This blog is moving... me too!

  This blog is moving to http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/ Read More... Posted 12 August 2005 17:30 by mark.wilson | 1 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General, Microsoft, Industry News, Cool Stuff/Geeky, Tips and tricks, SharePoint, ISA Server, Windows Platform, Macintosh, ISP, SQL Server, Networking, IIS, Office Products, Open Source/Low Cost Software, Security, Exchange and Outlook/Outlook Express, Mobility, Systems Management, Virtualisation, Messaging, *nix, Integration, Web Browsers, Apache, Web Development, Inane Waffle

• MSI package for Mozilla Firefox 1.0

  Back in February, I posted a blog entry about installing applications silently (or at least quietly) , e.g. as part of an unattended build process. Thomas Lee added a comment about WIX (Windows Installer XML), which I had not mentioned because at the Read More... Posted 08 August 2005 09:39 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Tips and tricks, Web Browsers

• Configuring web proxy auto discovery for Internet Explorer clients

  Over the last few weeks, I've been looking at using web proxy auto discovery (WPAD) to let a client's PCs automatically discover the location of their Microsoft ISA Server 2000 web proxy servers through the Internet Explorer client. Note that WPAD is Read More... Posted 26 July 2005 11:15 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Microsoft, ISA Server, Web Browsers

• Allowing ISA Server 2000 web proxy clients to use non-standard ports for HTTPS

  I spent most of today trying to get some ISA Server 2000 web proxy clients to access a web application using HTTPS on a non-standard port (4443). The issue was further complicated by the fact that the application server needed to be accessed using an Read More... Posted 15 July 2005 18:45 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: ISA Server, Web Browsers

• Internet Explorer displays credentials in status bar when used as an FTP client

  A couple of weeks back, one of my clients pointed out that when he opens files from an FTP site using Internet Explorer (IE) as an FTP client his user name and password is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of his browser window. I seem to have Read More... Posted 11 July 2005 19:34 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Web Browsers

• The wonderful thing about web standards

  Alex and I were having a rant discussion a few days back about web standards after I pointed out to him that Firefox and Safari not being able to supply login credentials within a URL meant they were not RFC-compliant in this respect (and he accused me Read More... Posted 06 July 2005 18:55 by mark.wilson | 1 Comments Filed under: Microsoft, Web Browsers

• Getting AOL broadband to work on a Mac, part 2 (and it seems not all Mozilla browsers are created equal)

  Last week I blogged about my neighbour's problems setting up his iMac G5 to use AOL broadband . Since replacing the ADSL modem with a router he is back online, but last night we spent some time sorting out a few remaining items: transferring data; installing Read More... Posted 02 June 2005 10:57 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Macintosh, ISP, Web Browsers