[stevear]

This would be a symptom of developers also being the sysadmins.

On another note, Microsoft typically has good documentation but I feel that they need a very simple 5 page 'Owners Guide' for some products that goes over the most important topics in a simple manner. We can't assume that only experts will use said products so at least provide a dead simple 'This is how to not screw yourself' guide.

The custom errors issue the article talks about is an insanely basic configuration error that is NOT the default. Someone started tinkering with a setting without realizing it's full extent.