SSL and TLS v1.0 were the earlier encrypted protocols to deliver secure content over the Internet. They have now been superseded by SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0 & TLS v1.1 and v1.2. TLS is now the de facto secure encryption protocol In Windows – all TLS versions are enabled by default. To Disable (or Enable) these protocols you can use a tool called IISCrypto ( URL) The above shows TLS 1.0 disabled and both 1.1 […]
Category: Internet
IIS – unable to start website. Port in use; how to determine app using port
Checking IIS and see that the Default Site (Appserver) will not start. Try to start produces an error. Error is shown in IIS as The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process (Exception from HSRESULT: 0x80070020) Also in Windows System logs as Error 1004 – IIS-W3SVC service did not register URL with prefix “http://*.*:80” To check which application is using the port (in this case Port 80) In the […]
Websites Not Formatting Properly
Some websites don’t format correctly because the html code behind them is old. To correct this we need to make the current version of Internet Explorer compatible with the website. Open Internet Explorer. Go to the website. Open the ‘Settings’ Dialog Box. Choose ‘Compatibility View Settings’. If you have gone to the website first you’ll generally find it listed in the ‘Add This Website’ text box. Then press ‘Add’ and refresh the screen.