Autocomplete extender not working with IIS 7 + and website with role based authorization defined : ASP.NET

Last week I came across a very weird scenario on my website which I am trying to migrate to IIS 7.5 . My website is configured on anonymous authentication and authorization is only restricted to specified roles in the application. E.g as shown in fig below. But unfortunately my autocomplete extender stopped working. My Autocomplete.asmx is located in a folder called " Services " . I am getting a authentication challenge " 401.2 " when I tried to access the service ( .asmx ) through the URL.I tried to check all my handlers in IIS whether .asmx is a allowed extension and everything is configured correctly. Since I am receiving a authentication...

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How to change default search provider in Firefox ? go to google typing in address bar

A small yet useful firefox tweak .Lot of people find it annoying to see their default search being changed from Google to ask.com or to something else. If you type something in your address bar instead of correct URL, it will go to the default search engine. Firefox by default comes with Google as its default search engine. But when you install some toolbar like ask toolbar. Yahoo toolbar ....,  it will change your default search engine. Lot of users find it quite annoying as there is no straight shortcut to change this. So How to change your default search provider to Google in Firefox ? Type " about:config "  in the address bar...

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Google Chrome book review

The net has already started buzzing about the netbook with a Google " Chrome " OS. Chrome operating system is the search giants attempt to develop a Cloud oriented Operating system.  The chrome OS netbooks are going to make their debut on June 15 into the markets. Why I say this is just another net book with Google flavour? Because Chrome OS does nothing like a Desktop OS except that both have a browser :P... You can only run your web based applications with the help of advanced Chrome browser.Since there is nothing for the OS to really do, starting up such a netbook will just a tip of a minute . If you ask me about the applications ,...

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What is Hybrid Boot ? Windows 8 News

There are lot of discussions going on the internet over a supposed to be windows leak which included some extra features like Live Mesh cloud sync , Hybrid boot .. What is this Hybrid boot ? Normally we use Hibernation in windows to achieve faster startup and to resume our work easily. Basically Hibernation saves the contents of your RAM to your hard disk to increase your start up speed. Hybrid boot is a stripped version of conventional hibernate. Instead of storing the entire state of your machine, it only stores the current state of core Operating System files. This fastens the boot time of your Operating System when the next time you...

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which is better ? ASP.NET MVC or WebForms : How to choose between MVC and Webforms ?

ASP.NET Web Forms vs MVC !  What is the difference between ASP.NET WebForms and ASP.NET MVC ?  When should I really choose MVC vs when should I choose webforms ! These are questions that normally run in the mind of any .NET developer in the recent times ( Confusing them what to learn ). Well both are used to build the same stuff and both have enough capabilities to build applications except that the way they are developed, tested and maintained is different. If some so called expert comes to you and says both are used to build different stuff , then it could very well  be that he is not able to understand things correctly. Let...

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