La Crosse WS-9016TWC Wireless Sun/Moon Forecast Station is not displaying outside temperature

My mother recently received a gift of a La Crosse WS-9016TWC Wireless Sun/Moon Forecast Station, which consists of a outdoor thermometer and a display unit. The unit worked perfectly the first time it was setup but failed to display the battery after changing the battery. We even change the battery in the outdoor thermometer, but this did not fix the problem. Here’s what we need t solve it (it’s in the manual somewhere, but the manual is not exactly easy to read).

1. Remove the battery from both the outdoor thermometer and the display unit.
2. Let it sit for a few minutes.
3. Place the thermometer and the display unit next to each other.
4. Install the battery in the thermometer.
5. Wait at least 10 minutes and then install the battery in the display unit.

This should get the outdoor temperature to appear again.

Problems upgrading from CentOS 5.2 to 5.3

CentOS 5.3 has recently been released and the update appears to automatically upgrades my machine to 5.2 to 5.3. the problem is that the update ends with the following error:

kernel - 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5.i686: failure: RPMS/
kernel-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5.i686.rpm from updates: [Errno 256]
No more mirrors to try.

This error usualy indicate that there is a problem with the yum cache. I took a look at the release notes and it indicated that we may need to update glibc first. Here’s what I did.

1. In CentOS, start a terminal window.
2. su to root.
3. Run the following commands:

   yum clean all
   yum update glibc
   yum update

The first command clears the cache and all of the stale packages. I am not sure why you need to install glibc first, but it’s in the release notes.

HP Solution Center failed to open

Recently, the HP Solution Center suddently stop working. When I launch HP SolutionCenter, nothing happens. In the error log, I see the errors:

Product: SolutionCenter -- Error 1904.
Module C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\Flash9b.ocx failed to register.
HRESULT - 2147220473. Contact your support personnel.

What seems to have happened is the following:

1. Adobe Flash is updated to version 10. This cause Flash9b.ocx to be deleted from C:\Windows\Flash
2. HP Solution Center is apparently dependent on Flash9b.ocx, so it stopped working.

Here’s how I got rid of the error.

1. Uninstall HP solution center because HP do not allow you to reinstall the HP Solution Center. Instead, we have to uninstall so we can install the HP Solution Center again.
2. Reinstall HP Solution.

If you examine C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\flash, Flash9b.ocx is back even though we have Flash10.ocx. If you examine the event log, there is the same registration error again (you can’t register Flash9b.ocx because there is a later version), but HP solutions apparently works.

Sharepoint Solutions file (WSP) Schema

Sharepoint features, webparts, and files are deployed using a solutions file with the extension wsp. The wsp files are actually just a “.cab” file, which is the native Windows archive format. The content of the solutions file must follow a particular schema. Unfortunately, the schema and relationships are not very well documented.  The following is an attempt to clear up the confusion.

The Hive

Let’s start backwards from the deployment and look at the hive. The hive is where SharePoint files are installed. When we deploy a solution package using the stsadm.exe command:

stsadm -o addsolution -filename MyFeature.wsp

The stsadm command copies the files from the WSP to the hive. By default, the hive is located in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12 on the WSS server.

Typically, when you create a new WSS project, you want to replicate the directory structure of the hive in your project. The reason will become apparent later when we create the solution. In addition, if you plan to use a tool like wspbuilder, the tool expects you to organize the directory in the same manner as the hive.

The Solutions File

Next, we look at the solution, which has an extension of “.wsp”. The solutions file contains everything needed to deploy your software. The solutions file is just a cab file, so we can open it by changing the extension from “.wsp” to “.cab” and then double-click on it.

Here’s an example of the content of a WSP file:

Manifest.xml
MyFeature\Feature.xml
ControlTemplates\MyFeatureForm.ascx
MyFeature.dll

Notice the Manifest.xml file at the beginning. A solution file may  hold a variety of different files, but it always has a manifest.xml file. This manifest file list what is in the solutions file. Let’s examine the manifest.xml next.

Manifest.xml file and how it relates to the WSP file

The manifest.xml file specifies how the WSP file is put together. Here’s what the manifest.xml file for the above solutions file looks like:

<Solution SolutionId="4AFC9950-F354-4439-B941-51377E854F2B" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
  <FeatureManifests>
    <FeatureManifest Location="MyFeature\Feature.xml"/>
  </FeatureManifests>
  <TemplateFiles>
    <TemplateFile Location="ControlTemplates\MyFeatureForm.ascx"/>
  </TemplateFiles>
  <Assemblies>
    <Assembly  DeploymentTarget="GlobalAssemblyCache" Location="MyFeature.dll"/>
  </Assemblies>
</Solution>

This manifest tells us that this WSP has an Assembly (the dll), a user control (ascx), and a feature.xml file. There may be additonal files in the WSP. You can even embed a movie into the WSP. But unless the file is specified in the manifest, the installer will skip over it during installation.

The root element of the manifest is always <Solution>. The solution ID is a GUID that uniquely identifies your solution (the deployment package) to SharePoint. When you create a new package, you must always create a new GUID. The other elements specify what is in the WSP file and where to find them via the location attribute. The location is the most confusing part. When I first programmed SharePoint, I thought the location must either closely follow the 12 hive’s file structure or the location must be totally independent of the 12 hive. It turns out that both assumptions are false. The location does actually follow the 12 hives, but the root location will change according to the element type.

Let’s examine the element <FeatureManifest>, the location is based on root of the FEATURES at 12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES. If we deploy this WSP, the location tells it to look for the feature.xml file in MyFeature directory in the WSP file and deploy it to 12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES\MyFeature\feature.xml.

If we take a look at the element <TemplateFile> for the control “MyFeatureForm.ascx”, the location is based on the root of the TEMPLATE, which is at 12\TEMPLATE. If you examine 12\TEMPLATE in the hive, you’ll notice that there is already a CONTROLTEMPLATES and there is already a list of controls there. When we deploy, the manifest will tell the installer that the file MyFeatureForm.ascx  is located in ControlTemplates directory in the WSP and that the MyFeatureForm.ascx should be deployed to 12\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES\MyFeatureForm.ascx.

Finally, the <Assembly> element specifies where the DLL is located. The root for this element is the web application bin file if you specify DeploymentTarget=”WebApplication”, and the GAC if you specify DeploymentTarget=”GlobalAssemblyCache”. Hopefully by now, you can guess how this works. In the above example, the <Assembly> element tells the installer to look in the root of the WSP file for the MyFeature.dll and deploy it to the GAC, which is typically located in C:\Windows\System32\Assembly on most systems.

The following is a small table listing the element and where the root of the location in the hive.

Manifest Element	Location’s Root
ApplicationResourceFile	12\Resources
Assembly	Web Application bin or GAC
FeatureManifest	12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES
ResourceFile	12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES
RootFile	12
SiteDefinitionManifest	12\TEMPLATE\SiteTemplates
TemplateFile	12\TEMPLATE
WebTempFile	12\TEMPLATE

If you understand the concept that each manifest element has a different root, you will be able to use this knowledge to deploy your web asset to any where you want within the hive. For example, suppose you want to group your user controls (ascx) under a folder. So instead of deploying your user control files to 12\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES, you want it to deploy to 12\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES\MyProject. You can change the location from

    <TemplateFile Location="ControlTemplates\MyFeatureForm.ascx"/>

to

    <TemplateFile Location="ControlTemplates\MyProject\MyFeatureForm.ascx"/>

Keep in mind that not all combination makes sense or is valid. Features are always limited to one layer deep. If you try to specify location=”MyProject\MyFeature\feature.xml” for a FeatureManifest element, you will get an error message that you cannot go beyond one level deep. In additon, specifying location=”Myproject\MyFeature.dll” doesn’t make sense either because you’ll end up with a subdirectory inside the GAC.

Generating the WSP using a DDF file

While the manifest determines what’s in the WSP file, you still have to create the WSP file itself. Technically, you can manually build the WSP file by hand, but you can use a diamond definition file to build it for you during a compile. A DDF is basically an instruction file for building WSP files. Let’s examine the DDF file used to build the WSP example. This DDF file is placed in the root of the project folder.

.OPTION EXPLICIT
; Specify the output filename
.Set CabinetNameTemplate="MyFeature.wsp"
; Specify where to create the WSP file
.Set DiskDirectoryTemplate="..\Deployment"
; Compress the solution package
.Set CompressionType=MSZIP
; You always have a manifest file
manifest.xml
; Assembly gets placed in the top level
bin\Release\MyFeature.dll
; Features placed in location specify in FeatureManifest
.Set DestinationDir="MyFeature"
12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES\MyFeature\feature.xml
; User control placed in location specified in TemplateFile
.SET DestinationDir="ControlTemplates"
12\TEMPLATE\ControlTemplates\MyFeatureForm.ascx

The first important line is “CabinetNameTemplate”, which specifies what the outfile file name is going to be. The entry “DiskDirectoryTemplate” may look a bit odd, but it tells the builder where to put the output file. In this case, we say “..\Deployment”. The path is relative to the project’s home directory, so this will generate a Deployment directory into the your Visual Studio’s solution file’s directory and put the WSP file there. The idea is when you compile, all of the WSP file for all projects in the solution will end up in the same deployment directory.

The rest of the DDF handles the adding of files to the WSP archive. You specify the file using a path relative to your project’s root. In the above example, the first file written is manifest.xml and it expects the file to be in the root of the project.

For the assembly, you recall the location for the Assembly in the manifest was location=”MyFeature.dll”. The manifest expects this file to be in the root of the WSP. In your Visual Studio, the path is bin\Release\MyFeature.dll, so the builder will grab the file from your bin directory and add it to the WSP’s root.

The  next command is new to us, it said “.SET DestinationDir”. This is because the next item written is feature and the manifest expects it at “MyFeature\Feature.xml”. What we are doing is setting the write directory to “MyFeature” by setting the DestinationDir. Now all files will be written to the MyFeature directory, including the “12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES\MyFeature\feature.xml”.

Finally, we write the user control file. The TemplateFile location in our manifest specifies that it will be located at “ControlTemplates\MyFeatureForm.ascx”. We will use DestinationDir to set it to “ControlTemplates” and then write the user control, which is located in our project at “12\TEMPLATE\ControlTemplates\MyFeatureForm.ascx”.

The DDF file only define how the WSP is build. A utility call makecab does the actualy work. It reads the DDF file, copies the files in the DDF into the wsp. One way to have the files generated automatically is to add a script to the post compile event of your project.

cd "$(ProjectDir)"
MakeCab /f Package.ddf

Now when you compile your project, the event script will run and generate the WSP file.

Conclusion

With tools like WSPBuilder, you can now generate WSP file without fooling around DDF and Manifest files. However, it is still good to understand how the underlying mechanism works. I hope that you have found this article helpful.

File not found error when you select New Webpart after installing SmartPart 1.3

Recently, I was asked to install SmartPart 1.3 on WSS 3.0. After installation, we encountered the following error when we attempt to create a new web part in the web part gallery:

File Not Found. at System.Signature._GetSignature(SignatureStruct& signature, Void* pCorSig, Int32 cCorSig, IntPtr fieldHandle, IntPtr methodHandle, IntPtr declaringTypeHandle)
at System.Signature.GetSignature(SignatureStruct& signature, Void* pCorSig, Int32 cCorSig, RuntimeFieldHandle fieldHandle, RuntimeMethodHandle methodHandle, RuntimeTypeHandle declaringTypeHandle)
at System.Signature..ctor(RuntimeMethodHandle methodHandle, RuntimeTypeHandle declaringTypeHandle)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.get_Signature()
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.GetParameters()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.SPWebPartSerializer.GetPersonalizableProperties()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.SPWebPartManager.GetEffectiveWebPartType(Type webPartType, SerializationTarget serializationTarget, Boolean ignoreSupportsAttributeMarkup)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.SPWebPartManager.GetEffectiveWebPartType(Type aspWebPartType, SerializationTarget serializationTarget)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.NewDwp.Page_PreRender(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.EventArgFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, Object o, Object t, EventArgs e)
at System.Web.Util.CalliEventHandlerDelegateProxy.Callback(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Web.UI.Control.OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.UnsecuredLayoutsPageBase.OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal()
at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)

Various sites indicated that Smartpart 1.3 requires AJAX extension 1.0. Because AJAX extension 1.0 is included in .Net Framework 3.5 SP1, I install that instead. However, this did not solve the problem. I found the solution in the comments on this post:

http://www.codeplex.com/smartpart/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=2708

Apparently, SmartPart is binding to the older version of the System.Web.Extensions.  If I had installed an earlier version of the framework and the separate AJAX extension 1.0, it may have worked. The article does suggest a workaround.

1. Go the the web.config of your WSS.
2. Locate the section <runtime>, and within that <assemblyBinding>. There should be a list of <dependentAssembly> entries.

3. Add the following entry:

<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Extensions" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" culture="neutral" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.61025.0" newVersion="3.5.0.0" />
</dependentAssembly>

What the entry does is redirect binding to the old version of System.Web.Extensions to the new version. The 3.5.0.0 version should have been installed to the GAC when you install Framework 3.5 SP1.

After this change, you will be able to create a new web part in the web part gallery again.

HP Photosmart C7280 Driver Install Tips

I have fond memory of HP printer products. I remember back in my undergrad years, I hooked up an HP Inkjet 500 that I shared with my 7 other housemates. That thing was a tank. Everyone was printing their paper on it and we probably was using way above its rated cycle, but it worked for years after we abused it. At work, we often encountered HP Laserjet, which were just as tough.

I don’t know about how good the HP hardware is these days, but the software could use some dieting. Isn’t 190 Mb a bit big for a driver? Did the programmers get paid by lines of code? What’s in that thing? A lot of bloatware apparently.  Here’s my tips on what to install:

1. Download the Full Feature driver and not the Basic driver. If you install the basic driver, you’ll only have the ability to print. The scan and fax will not work. The driver is available at this location.
2. Launch Driver.
3. Click on Install.
4. Press Next.
5. Uncheck the Yahoo Toolbar and check the Advance Install. We don’t need the toolbar. Click Next.
6. When prompted whether to automatically check for updates, click No and click next.
7. On install options, select Custom Install. Click Next.
8. On the Custom Installation screen, check only the following:HP Solution Center
   HP Imaging Functions
   OCR Software by I.R.I.S.
   Even if you don’t use the OCR software, you will want to install the OCR software. Without the OCR software, you will not be able to scan to PDF. If you already have Photoshop or something, why bother. HP update would be nice, but takes up memory and resource as a background task. HP do not seem to update their drivers often. Why not just manually check every once in a while. The Web Printing is interesting, but we could do without it. The other stuff is just bloatware.
9. Prompt for EULA, click I agree (what else are you going to do, disagree and have no driver?)
10. Click Next to use default location.
11. Follow the instruction on screen and complete the installation.
12. After installation, launch HP Solution Center.
13. In HP Solution Center, click on settings.
14. Click on Scan settings->Scan to… Setup.
15. Wait for a long time for the front panel list to appear. Select each item you want to be able to select from the LCD panel. Each item you add will appear on the printer’s LCD panel when you select scan to computer on the printer. If you do not select any options, you will not be able to scan to your computer and you will get a message “No scan options”. In my case, I added all of the items.
16. Once all of the items are added, press Update the Device.

At this point the driver should be installed and you have roughly the minimal software for the majority of features.

After installing the driver, make sure you install the Critical Update to Correct a PC to Printer Communication Issue if you are using the wireless connection. Without installing this driver, scan to computers often fail.

HP Photosmart C7280 driver install fails with an error registering hpbmiapi.dll failed to register

Recently, my mom’s troublesome Brothers MFC-3360C All-In-One printer finally died. The printer was just pure evil. Dust would collect around the tray and make it impossible to remove the paper tray. The ink cartridge would run dry every couple of months even though no one printed anything because it continuously self-clean. I was not unhappy to see it go.

I replaced it with a HP Photosmart C7280 All-In-One. The printer looked solid and I hope that it will last longer than the Brothers, but our relationship soured quickly when I attempted to install the drivers. The driver failed with the following error:

Fatal error during Installation
Module C:\Windows\system32\hpbmiapi.dll failed to register. HRESULT -2147221164. Contact your support personnel.
Please go to http://www.hp.com/support for troubleshooting information about "Fatal Error" and "MSI.dot4wrp".

Since the CD install didn’t work, I downloaded the latest drivers from HP and they didn’t work. I tried to unzip the drivers and locate the hpbmiapi.dll and manually register the dll, but I ran out of disk space. I tried google and notice that many HP owners of a different printer had similar issues, but was resolved by a patch from HP.

I called HP customer support in hopes that they will have a patch for the C7280, but they were less than helpful.  I mentioned that various other people on the HP forum had the same issue, but they told me that no one has reported this issue. After trying a few things, they declared that the problem was Microsoft’s fault and that I should call up Microsoft since they will know what the problem is. They wouldn’t escalate the issue because it was a Microsoft problem. Right…

This post gave me a clue:

http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1235967722575+28353475&threadId=1198595

The hpbmiapi.dll registration failed because of a dependency. Apparently hpbmiapi.dll is dependent on atl.dll (Active Template Library) to be registered. When it wasn’t, the install blew up when it failed to register hpbmiapi.dll. What the error message should have mentioned was the dependency.

To fix the problem, do the following:

1. Check if atl.dll exists in your system directory. It’s usually in C:\Windows\system32. If it exists, go to the next step. If it does not, you may be able to install it by downloading and installing the Visual C++ 6.0 runtime at:
   http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;259403
2. Once it’s there, you can register it by running the following command in a command window (you must be an admin of the system):

   regsvr32 C:\WINDOWS\system32\atl.dll
   

   
   

3. Now install the driver again. This time the install should work.

I am hoping that this article will help someone save a few hours of frustration. Sadly, I have had good luck with HP in the past. It’s clear that they are no longer the company they used to be.

Testing eboostr on an older machine

I decided to try out the eboostr 3.0 beta to see if it can speed up my mom’s computer (an ancient eMachine T1221 with a Celeron 1.3 Ghz). Normally, adding more memory is best, but the machine is maxed out at 512Mb. I figured that adding a disk cache to an usb stick may be able to add additional performance. Apparently, I was wrong.

The machine is setup to use a 2Gb stick of Cruzer Micro (readyboost ready). HDtach returned about 27 Mb/s read speed with an access time of 0.6ms. The machine has an USB 2.0 card, so it should be fast enough.

I ran several test like startup, shutdown, opening different applications, opening web pages. All of the test were no faster than before eboostr. I examined the cache and noted that the files being opened are in the cache, it’s just that they didn’t return quickly enough. If it worked, it should be noticeable.

I decided to do some investigating and ran the eboostr speed test. It came back with a ratio of only speed ratio of 1.13 and 100% cache hit. A 13% speed bump is probably too slow to make a difference and this is with a reasonably fast stick. I installed eboostr and used memory as a cache, but the ratio only went up to 1.59. This is a lot better, but surprisingly low for a memory cache. Keep in mind that while it’s faster to find a file on the USB drive, the cpu cost for getting it is higher. HDtach indicated that it only use 5% CPU to read from the IDE drive and 19% CPU to read from the USB drive.

I also tried eboostr on an AMD 2600+ desktop with 2Gb of memory and allocated 1Gb of memory to cache. There was no noticable speed difference before and after eboostr. The speed test indicated that the speed ratio is only 1.89, which is better than the eMachine, but not good enough in my opinion.

eboostr did not work for the two older machines that we tried it on.

How I selected my Antivirus software for Windows

For a long time, I used AVG free on my machines. Recently, I notice that the memory footprint for AVG was getting large and I wanted to know if there was a better free Anti-virus software out there. There are essentially 3 main free Anti-virus software: Avast!, Avira, and AVG. If you do a google search, you’ll notice tons of post comparing the merits of one over the others. The following links is an actual benchmark that compare the Anti-virus products and were used as reference.
http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse_2008_11.php
http://www.passmark.com/ftp/antivirus_09-performance-testing-ed1.pdf
http://www.maximumpc.com/print/4230

Memory Footprint Ranking
If you have plenty of memory, you can probably careless about this category. However, a lot of older machine or netbook may have limited memory, so every bit of memory saved counts. Keep in mind I am more interested in idle memory footprint than when it’s scanning.

Memory footprint of the anti-virus product at idle can be ranked in the following order according to the passmark article. I also try installing each product on my Vista machine and verified the ranking.

Product	Memory Usage in Mb
Avast! Antivirus Home	18.05
Avira Antivir free	22.3
AVG Free	56.06

While Avast! And Avira were similar to each other in memory footprint, AVG appears to be using twice the memory of the other two product.

Virus Detection
How well does the three product detect virus. It appears that Antivir is somewhat better than the other. I am not convinced that Antivir is actually that much better, but various post online indicates that its detection rates were better than average.

Product	Detection Rate (from av comparative)
Avira Antivir free	71%
AVG Free	43%
Avast! Antivirus Home	40%

Background Performance
How much performance loss do you suffer running the anti-virus software. Judging from the test results from passmark, the three products are very similar in performance. Differences show up in File Open where AVG and Avira is nearly twice as fast as Avast and file copy where AVG is noticeably slower than the other two products.

The Maximum PC article seems to complain that the AVG had the biggest negative performance.

Scanning Speed Ranking
Of the three products, the scan speed varies by quite a lot according to passmark.

Product	Time (sec)
Avira Antivir free	68.8
Avast! Antivirus Home	116.87
AVG Free	364.2

The Maximum PC article indicated that the Avast is very slow but didn’t provide numbers on how it compare with the other two product.

User Interface
User interface is very subjective, but in my opinion, AVG has the best and clearest interface. Avast is the worse. The interface looks like a media player, which doesn’t quite fit the paradigm of a virus scanner at all. Avira is somewhere in between the two. It’s not great, but at least it works.

Registration
How annoying is the registration process for the Virus. AVG is probably the least intrusive. You are prompted to register, but you do not have to. Avira is similar but throws up a pop-up every times the program updates the virus definition. The most annoying is Avast, which requires you to registered for a license key or the program will expire in 60 days. The key last only a year, so you must registered again next year.

Features
All of the product offers email and spyware protection. Avast also has IM scanning, but does not have scheduled scanning. Unlike the other two product, AVG does not have rootkit protection.

Recommendation
In my opinion, the best free anti-virus is currently Avira Antivir. It has the fastest scan, best detection rate, and second best memory footprint. It’s annoying to get a pop-up on every update, but that is a small price to pay for a free product. I also want the anti-rootkit feature and scheduled scanning since I want to do the scanning while I am not using the machine.

Moving WCF site from a virtual application to a virtual directory resulted in 404

Recently, I got a notice to move a WCF site we have to port 80. This mean we have move the site from a virtual application to a virtual directory under Default Web Site. Much to our surprise, the WCF stopped working after the move. Whenever we browse to the svc file, we get a 404 error. We did notice that we can get to a jpg file on the same directory, so it appears that the problem is not entirely permission related.

Apparently, the problem is caused by a corrupted metabase. The IIS metabase got corrupted by an earlier WCF installation. This was a bug that they later patched. The patch was installed. The virtual application was created after the patch was installed and so it did not have the problem, but the Default Web Site was created before the patch. When we move our WCF site under the Default Web Site, it inherited the problem.

On production, we fixed the problem by deleting the Default Web Site and then recreating it again. On test, there were too many web site, so we had to run a IIS clean map script. Please see the following link where I originally discovered the solution (isn’t google great).

http://blogs.msdn.com/wenlong/archive/2006/09/10/748294.aspx