Generic old Troubleshooting tips
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Hey, developer community! I would like to know if anyone knows of good "tips" out there - things you can "always" try to help diagnose problems of various natures. For example: -- Web sites mysteriously shutting down -- Services frozen -- Application permissions For instance, some generic things one might like to do regardless of the technology, is to check: -- Application Event log -- Server Event log -- Application-specific logging directories -- W3C logs Does anyone else have a list of tips and tricks as to some "basic" things to "always" look for? I am a .NET developer, but all of the problems I have troubleshooting come from when it's more of a "server-related" type of problem - but it always seems to start with the developer: Why can't I log in to your application today? Why did the server shut down between X and Y times? Thanks in advance for any tips anyone can provide. Sue :-D
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Hey, developer community! I would like to know if anyone knows of good "tips" out there - things you can "always" try to help diagnose problems of various natures. For example: -- Web sites mysteriously shutting down -- Services frozen -- Application permissions For instance, some generic things one might like to do regardless of the technology, is to check: -- Application Event log -- Server Event log -- Application-specific logging directories -- W3C logs Does anyone else have a list of tips and tricks as to some "basic" things to "always" look for? I am a .NET developer, but all of the problems I have troubleshooting come from when it's more of a "server-related" type of problem - but it always seems to start with the developer: Why can't I log in to your application today? Why did the server shut down between X and Y times? Thanks in advance for any tips anyone can provide. Sue :-D
Alot of these things you mention have a multitude of ways of happening. Only tip I have is to start by looking at the server first...
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