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If you see the rather unhelpful HTTP Error when uploading large files of any type to an IIS based WordPress using FastGCI and have tried all the things on the web about tweaking PHP.ini settings without success, try the following: Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager In the Connections pane, select the server In the
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Well that was a good waste of a day. I had downloaded Windows 7 SP1 from MSDN to test an application compatibility issue. Little did I realise it would take a whole day just to install and patch an OS. The initial install was simple but it all went wrong when I clicked that “Check
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