We're having occasional timeouts connection to the DB (SQL Server 2K) from ASP pages (Win2K + IIS 5, but no .Net). Perf Mon on SQL Server indicates the User Connections sticks around 90 (+/- 5). When freqent timeouts appear in ASP pages, Query Analyzer, Enterprise Manager and DTS packages ...more >>

Hi Everyone, I really don't understand what is happening here. I know this error code means a lot of things and that usually it is related to permissions, but my case seems to be different. I have a local web site (IIS 5.0 on Win2k) with an Access DB that has been working for months. Yesterd...more >>

Hello people, Here is my situation. I am sure this is a pretty stupid question, but I simply don't know the answer: I've got an IIS server that is available directly from the internet and which hosts several "normal" sites and a couple of SharePoint Sites, which are all reached using host h...more >>

Trying to setup IIS5.0 to require a login and password to be entered prior to accessing an asp page. I want this to use the Windows Users in order to allow/disallow access. I need to allow administrators to access the asp page but not a user. I've used the directory security tab/file security ...more >>

I want to host a web site just for testing/learning exercises and have the incoming host name point to my Default Web Site. Also I want localhost to point to the same folder. I am running TZO Dynamic DNS in order to assign a port number different from 80 to the host name. My PC is connected throu...more >>

Hi, I am trying to administer IIS which is running on a Win2K Advanced Server machine (with Active Directory, i.e., it's a domain controller), from a Win2K Pro machine. The Win2K Pro machine is a member of the domain, and I'm logged in on the Win2K Pro machine as Administrator for the domain...more >>

On IIS6 on w2k3, I have a problem with a specific web appliation. The application in question is Outlook Mobile Access for Exchange 2003 (/oma). When accessing the virtual directory, I get the following error: Security Exception Description: The application attempted to perform an operation ...more >>

I need to know the limitations for IIS 6.0 in Windows Server 2003. I am using 5.1 in XP Pro and this is 10. Also how many sites can be hosted in 6.0? Thanks Joseph...more >>

I have prepared a .NET site on one machine, but when I try to move it to the server, I have problems. If I use a default.htm file, there is no problem. But with an aspx.htm file I get an error from the authentication section of the webconfig file. The error reads, "It is an error to use a ...more >>

When a page is requested and not found (common error 404), we can get control back at IIS level and, for instance, trough an ASP page, provide the user with some hints to redirect his request. Unfortunately, the custom error page (ASP) is not given any mean for retrieving variables of the requ...more >>

Does WIN32:ODBC support SQL in its entirety or just a subset ? I have issued SQL commands (In CGI/PERL) and they were not supported. If WIN32::ODBC does not support the entire SQL language set where can I find documentation regarding what it does supports ?...more >>

Debuging an ASP.NET (C#) application running at the server site IIS 5.0 I receive this error again and again: "Error while trying to runn project: Unable to start debugging on the web server. The debugger is not properly installed. Run setup to install or repair the debugger". Some idea...more >>

ive installed xp home but when i try to get on the net after a short while i get the message nt authority system then it shuts down can any one help?...more >>

IIS 5 does not seem to respond when I change the home directory in the default website properties page. It seems to "stick" to the orig. setting. Any thoughts??...more >>

There is no default ftp root listed, only the "web sites" folder and the default smtp virtual server. How can I get the ftp root to be listed? ...more >>

After installing IIS 5.1, everything is going great. But to set up the ftp side of it it keeps referring to the ISS Snap-in. It tells me to open the Internet Services Manager in the Administrative tools. I only see and have been using the Intenet Information Services. Where is this Internet Servi...more >>

I have a server running IIS 5.o I have a primary web site with one IP address and card on that server. I created a test web site with a :88 port on the same server. I installed front page server extension 2002 about 3 months ago. It is installed on the primary and default web sites. I can'...more >>

This is on a Small Business Server 2000, with 2 nics & the following symptoms. When I enter the server url (awc1.awc.local) in IE while at the server, I get a 403 error. Entering http://localhost will correctly give me the default website, no problem. If I enter the server IP I'm prompted ...more >>

Hello where i can download the tool "exception monitor"? thanks ...more >>

Hello i have a problem and i want to know how know what patches are installed? thanks you ...more >>

We tested a web site today running PWS on W98 and ran into connections limit. I am having trouble finding specifics on it but saw that IIS 5 on Win2K has a limit of 10. i presume the limit is that or less for PWS ??? Anyway, I have NT4 and wondered if IIS 4 had the same limitations and what, if ...more >>

We tested a web site today running PWS on W98 and ran into connections limit. I am having trouble finding specifics on it but saw that IIS 5 on Win2K has a limit of 10. i presume the limit is that or less for PWS ??? Anyway, I have NT4 and wondered if IIS 4 had the same limitations and wha...more >>

I have an isapi application connecting to Oracle via ADO that works fine on my Win2000 workstation. But when I move the isapi dll to the production server (XP Terminal Server), the dll will only run if the Application Protection level is set to low. If the Application Protection level is set ...more >>

I cannot browse local host on my webserver. IIS is installed and running and there is a localstart.asp in the wwwroot folder. I get this error: HTTP 500 - Internal server error Have any of you seen this? T...more >>

Using IIS (personal version) on XPpro. Cannot get SSI to work! .shtm is mapped to ssinc.dll (by default, but I checked anyway). Don't get an error message, simply get the htm file displayed with comments that still say <--#include file="filename.shtm"-->. I know the syntax is correct because...more >>

We are currently trying to cut our website over to a new server running Windows 2003 Web Edition with IIS 6.0 The same website (PRODUCTION) is on a Windows 2000 Advanced Server box running IIS 5.0 The production site seems to be MUCH faster. There are certain pages I go to that come up wi...more >>

Dear all I am using an FTP server on window NT4 SP6a domain controller, every thing was working fine, but all of the sudden all of the users cannot access the FTP site from outside the company (but can access it from local LAN), the site keeps asking for the username and password although they are g...more >>

Hi! I have a cluster (WLBS) with IIS5 (w2k). Every 50 to 60 minutes, evere IIS crashes with this error in drwatson.log c000005 (access vioaltion) System is upgraded with lastest service packs and windows update service. Can anyone helpme to solve this? Thank you. Pet. ...more >>

I've run into this problem recently and I haven't been able to pin it on anything. I've been doing ADO connections to Access databases for small databases before, but now they aren't working. I've double-checked the ASP code on two different pages, one that works and the new one and they a...more >>

I know there are tons of posts regarding this issue with IIS5.1 and there are quite a few with IIS6. My problem is a bit different though. I have ASP and ASP.NET running on Windows Server 2003. Whenever I hit an ASP.NET page, I get the Server Application unavailable message and it says to ...more >>

I've set up a custom 500 error ASP page that displays when I deliberately force a 500 error. In IE this page displays AS LONG AS THE VBSCRIPT CODE doesn't exceed 165 characters. Netscape thinks I'm trying to download a file of type application/octet-stream. Is there anything I can tweak in II...more >>

Hi, We are running IIS 5.0 cluster with cisco local director. We are running a website on 2 webservers and I have been observing that from past few days we have are getting this error message of and on. Error Message Remote IP:66.122.242.65 Host:216.211.212.22 Platform:Win98 Browser:...more >>

I am running a Windows 2003 server web edition with frontpage 2002 extentions on it and IIs6. When I try to publish a website to the server it gives me an error " server does not have fp server extentions installed. Some of the pages server components like forms etc will not run either. What can be ...more >>

I run a third party application that uses compiled Cold Fusion web pages. I have been tracking any slow processes through Cold Fusion and determined that one .cfm page is used quite often and really is slowing down an important process. The .cfm page connects to a SQL Server db and uses a stored pro...more >>

I have an applicatin that absolutely requires to be installed on the root of the default website. However, it seems like a waste to dedicate one server to one website when I know that IIS is capable of many more (as is my hardware). I have heard rumblings that it is possible to install I...more >>

Hi, I have an IIS query that selects information from a table within SQL Server 2000. When the function is called, it gives error message "Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e07'". A Datetime error. The line that fails is: SELECT Name, Description, Reason, StartDate,...more >>

Hello all, I am running Exchange 2000 on a Windows 2000 Domain Controler. I would like to use OWA but IIS keeps coming up with errors. When I bring up "Internet Services Manager" three of the default webpages (public, Exchange, Exadmin) have a red "Error" symbol beside them instead of the ty...more >>

Hi, I just heard something that IIS supports only 256 concurrent connections? Is that true? Is there any documentation regarding concurrent connections to IIS? Thanks for the help. MAQ...more >>

quick question please, can I create a custom 404 error page with a .php extension or does need to be .htm,.html or .asp? thanks andy...more >>

Hello, I am trying to use IIS 5.1 with my OEM XP Pro (SP1). I have installed, uninstalled, and reinstalled IIS from the XP CD, but I still have the same problem. I can go into the MMConsole, but when I start the IIS application, I only get the top level of directory tree item of IIS. ...more >>

Hello, I have a valid certificate that is issued in my MS Authority and is sitting in the issued folder. When I try to install the certificate in the properties of the website in the ,Internet Service Manager, the cert is no where to be found. What am I doing wrong? Chris...more >>

I loaded the IIS package on my WinXP professional, verified from IIS admin the web services were running. But when I entered "localhost" on my broiwser (IE) I get The page cannot be displayed HTTP 500 - Internal server error Internet Explorer or wth friendly errors disabled Server...more >>

My friend registered a domain name. He has a web server set up using IIS 6. When someone go to his domain name http://www.domainname.com in a browser, the URL in the browser changes instantly to the ip address of the web server. Why?...more >>

Hi, I try to use one test ActiveX DLL (created in VB 6.0) with Server.CreateObject("xxxx.xxx") in a Server 2003. This works fine in Server 2000. The error message are: Server object, ASP 0178 (0x80070005) The call to Server.CreateObject failed while checking permissions. Access is denied...more >>

I am trying to use IIS to emulate a web site. However whenever I open IE I am asked to make a connection. If I simply say try again my default page does show. Is this normal? While I can get htm forms to display and run using iis, I cannot get asp pages to run. I either get 404, or http 5...more >>

I have written an ISAPI DLL which works okay if I put it in the /scripts subfolder (/inetpub/scripts) and call it with http://url/scripts/dllname. I currently call this from a link in a simple HTML page. What I would like to do is make the DLL the default document for IIS, so when user goe...more >>