Hi, I have a specific web service on the Internet which requires to send an email out to Internet email addresses. I have installed IIS SMTP service on the same W2K server hoping that it would "relay" the SMTP email created on the web application out to the Internet destinined for the reci...more >>

Plain and simple, I made a virtual directory. Gave it the Alias "Images", gave it the Path "//xx.xx.xx.xx/data/Images" and put in a Username/Password that existed on the file server (but not the local). Great, in the IIS Manager the "Images" virtual directory shows all the stuff in that shared...more >>

I have a IIS5.1 webserver installed (WinXP pro) with websites running. The thing is that I received some visit from an IP and when I looked at my logfile and try to PING it or Whoisit it returns unresolved. So I guess it was from a dynamic address out from a modem connection. Now, I'm looking for...more >>

Hi there. Just wondering how to setup IIS 5 so it's not logging an specific IP address. Is that possible? You see i'm using a server status monitor software, and it connects to the server every 5min so the log are filed up with the IP from the the monitoring computer. ...more >>

Hello, Here is a thing. I been trying to figure this out for a while now and can't seem to find any documentations on this issues. I am trying to host multile websites using IIS 5.0. When I do I am creating IUSR_ accounts for each web site and regular user to administer that site. Now for exa...more >>

We're using VS.NET 2002 and all of a sudden(been using it exactly as is for over a year) the web application is no longer available on localhost. We get the message below but I can't find any associated error entry in the server system log. Server Application Unavailable The web applic...more >>

Hi due to big problems (basically since a couple of month iis service crash several times a day) i need to format a web server (win2k, sp4, iis5.0) where all our sites are hosted . To avoid downtime i would like to transfer them all on the new server. Do i have to recreate every single web (w...more >>

Hi. Does anyone know if the document indexing compenent in IIS work with PDF files? If not what is a recommended 3rd party search engine to use for PDF (as well as text, html) indexing? for a small intranet site. Also I'm using the Frontpage search page tool to make the search page (if that mat...more >>

Hi, I am lost. I am getting this annoying problem and I do not know how to solve it. I am using IIS5.0 in Windows 2000. I keep getting the "Enter Network Password" window. The URL accessed is in the form of https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/scripts/help.dll where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is in IP address. ...more >>

After changeing the port for web access from port 80 to two other port numbers I was unable to access local web pages using the new port number. Is there some other place to change the port or some win 2003 sucurity thing that stops it. When I changed the port number back to port 80 it w...more >>

Two related questions, related to a brand new Win2003/IIS6 system (no significant content yet). I was trying to move the default web root from C:\Inetpub\wwwroot to D:\Inetpub\wwwroot. In the process, something got mucked up. The problem I'm seeing is that every time I try to hit the ...more >>

I am unable to start the web service It times out. While perusing the log I came accross the msg.: "The WWW Publication Service terminated with the following error: The authentication service is unknown." I have uninstalled and reinstalled IIS 5.0 but this did not help. Suggestions? ...more >>

Hello, my company runs IIS4 on NT4 sp6a. After a big server crash and consequent no-boot-problem, I brought it back to life by reinstalling the OS into a new hard-disk (sp6a and some post-sp fixes and patches too), then copying "brutally" almost everything (hey, I said "almost", huh?) into th...more >>

Just released - Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Manager for Windows XP http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=f9c1fb79-c903-4842-9f6c-9db93643fdb7 -- Regards, Bernard Cheah http://support.microsoft.com/ Please respond to newsgroups only ... ...more >>

Do IIS have built in reverse proxy capabilities or do we have to set up an MS Proxy server?...more >>

I am currently rolling out some changes to an IIS5 website running ASPX pages on Windows 2000 server. With IE6 client cache control set to "check for newer version of each page- automatically", there has been some weird behaviour which could be best summarised by a new-page jumbled up with an o...more >>

Hello everybody, I make an ASP.NET Application with Visual Studio .NET, then it is stored (as you might know) in the folder C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\appname\. The problem is that when I open the .asmx file in IE, with the following URL http://computername/appname/appname.asmx, IE asks me if I ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know how to use command line tool to configure IIS so that I can turn on the https connection for the directory security. Currently I have to manually use the IIS5 Service GUI to select "Require Security Channel(SSL)" on the Directory Security option. This is not feasible fo...more >>

Hi, I recently upgraded from XP Home to XP Pro and installed IIS on it.Web server is processing simple HTML pages but not ASP pages. I am getting below error when I try to browse ASP page. error '8002801d' Library not registered. /iisHelp/common/500-100.asp, line 10 Any idea how to s...more >>

Does anyone know the KB article # for the patch that solves the problem where all IIS websites stop? I think it was a common hack about a year ago. Thanks! ...more >>

Bit of a newbie to IIS in general and have built a new IIS6 box which is ok at the moment. Can somebody please explain the main difference's between a virtual folder and a virtual site and their advantages/disadvantages. Many thanks... ...more >>

Bernard already posted on this but I want to make sure word gets out widely because this has been a much requested item for IIS 6. Yesterday, we released IIS 6.0 Manager for Windows XP Professional to the download servers at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f9c1fb79-c...more >>

I have an an asp page that uploads files using AspSimpleUpload. This page has worked great for months to upload PDF''s, Images, or other files. However, all of these files have been under 1 MB. I have discovered recently, that if I try to upload a file bigger than 1 MB, the site locks up and the...more >>

Need to change IIS6 port 80 to a new port number. Is there some other place to change the port or some win 2003 sucurity thing that stop it. I couldn't access the web page from the IIS server itself. I know the new port number has to be included with the URL address :81. Any help will b...more >>

and web applications that depend heavily on SQL? (Intranet only) The new servers will be running server 2003 \ IIS 6 and they will reside on gigabit with our SQL 2000 servers. I want to get the best performance already knowing that the processor and memory are not really hit with our cur...more >>

I'm not sure I am in the correct discussion group, but here goes. I would like to install Software Update Services on a Windows 2000 Server system. My problem is that my c: partition is only 2 gig, with very little space left. I have a larger partition that I put user data on that I ...more >>

Where do I locate this to turn it off for a test? I want to see if this is actually causing a script not to run. -- Thanks Paul Schandel ------------------ http://www.get-me-home.org ...more >>

I keep getting the 404 error, page not found, whenever I try to access my classic ASP website on IIS 6. The ASP.NET websites work fine -- any ideas? Thanks, Matt...more >>

I am a IIS newbie so please be gentle..... I am running Windows XP Pro. I know I am limited to 1 Web with unlimited Virtual directories and that is also does NOT support Host Headers. So..... What I would like to accomplish is this. 1)Someone types in www.whatever.com - DNS Servers know...more >>

Any help? Thanks Doug Opened log file 'C:\iisstate\output\IISState-1468.log' *********************** Starting new log output IISState version 3.1 Mon Sep 29 19:12:06 2003 OS = Windows 2000 Executable: dllhost.exe PID = 1468 Note: Thread times are formatted as HH:MM:SS.ms ...more >>

Hi! I am looking for tool which can improves the performances of a IIS6.0. That's because since I update my serveur to webserver 2K3, I have a big problem of time response. I suppose there is some option (that I probably Ignore), that have to be checked. Please if anybody know anything on the subje...more >>

I have a LMHOSTS file with an entry 192.168.1.5 xx.12345678.com and when I ping to xx.12345678.com, it works and ip address 192.168.1.5 is translated. But when I changed to 192.168.1.5 xxx.12345678.com or 192.168.1.5 xx.123456789.com it cannot find the IP address anymore ...more >>

After installing IIS 5.1 on Win XP pro, along with FPSE 2000 and the FPSE 2002 download, reboot, etc. I have ASP pages hanging with no page displayed and no errors or timeout (after five minutes). On trying to get to the Application Configuration window in IIS properties I find it looks enabled but...more >>

The IIS is running. I've installed an asp project under the WWWroot. Every time when i try to run the project (by clicking an ASP file or HTML file) i get the following error message: "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in th...more >>

How generate own certificate on Win_Server 2k for experimental purposes....more >>

Hello everybody I've just upgrade my server 2000 to a web server 2003 (and so from IIS5 to IIS 6) . Since I did it, the web site (in ASP.NET) which worked very well on the Windows 2000 server, is very slow. If someone have an idea from where does it come from, all idea are welcomes! (I precised tha...more >>

I need to retrieve the path of a webdirectory in a script : i can see it with the MMC or in the metabase (id 3001) but I can't get it through ADSI object properties. path is a property of IIsWebVirtualDir not of IIsWebDirectory. Thanks for help...more >>

What do I need, or how do I configure to allow .shtml files on a Windows 2000 Server box running IIS 5 ? Thanks ...more >>