Hello everybody, is there a way to create a CSR, and later install an SSL certificate in IIS 5.1 using VBScript or any command line tools (besides Certificate Server)? If there is such a possibility, could you share a sample code? Thanks in advance! [crossposted to platformsdk.adsi.iis-admin...more >>

I installed IIS on Win2k. Everything went fine. But when I try to access any web page, such as http://localhost/iisHelp/ , I get HTTP 500 Internal Server Error, the page can not be displayed. Any ideas ? ...more >>

This comes from a simple link checking test using http://validator.w3.org/checklink SITE1 has the native IIS 404b.htm specified. SITE2 has a custom 404.asp, which redirects to http://www.SITE2.com/errors/404.html. The logic behind this setup is beyond the scope of this posting, so pls do not...more >>

Hi there, I am desperate need of some explanations and assistance for the following: I have a home network of 4 Servers & 3 client PC’s & am trying to set up a testing lab to learn, but am getting a little confused. Here is a brief description of the servers that I need assistance with. ...more >>

Hi I have just setup IIS on Server 2003. I have copied all the files to the wwwroot folder. I can access the home page by typing "http://server" in the browser, but when I click on a link to another page it gives error 404 page cannot be displayed. The link is to an ASP page, I tried accessing...more >>

Hi, I want to configure a local windows 2003 iis for accessing over adsl internet connection. I have alcatel speedtouch adsl modem, and I could successfully configure other iis (5.0 and 5.1) in the network for internet access. What I do, is just define NAPT ip and port mappings on the adsl ma...more >>

Upgraded this w2000 web server to to sp4 last night. Now I have a Intermittant issue we configure server extensions on a new web site. I don't believe it's security related as I can successfully configure server extensions pehaps's 1 our of 10 times. Here's what we do 1. create a folder un...more >>

I have a WEB Farm with 2 servers. When running Reporting Svcs I stream the output to a shared dir on one of the servers. Both servers have no problem with this. The 2nd server tho is unable to load the URL containing the file (from the 1st server). Any Ideas on how to use a single virtual l...more >>

Hello, our company is experiencing the following situation: we have an W2k Server with IIS which hosts some asp and asp.net sites (about 20). Everything was working OK until last week when we installed SP4 on that server box. Since that moment on, the server stops serving only asp pages (htm an...more >>

When I try to start the World Wide Web Publishing service I get an error that says "Error 5: Access is denied". Nothing has changed on the server that I know of. All other IIS services like FTP are working. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Rob...more >>

I'm having a bit of a challenge setting the check box parameter below from a script: Check BOx "A permanent redirection for this resource" This is what I have: mkwebdir.vbs -c localhost -w "Default Web Site" -v "ABC1","c:\test" adsutil set w3svc/1/root/ABC1/httpredirect http://www.test.c...more >>

I've got an issue with ASP pages hanging on my webserver. This will happen once every few days, and I'm able to free the pages back up once I restart W3 Publishing Service. I ran an IISState log on it (w3wp.exe) and posted the .dmp file to the following: http://www.internetwerx.com/logs...more >>

When using the Exchange System Manager (ESM) and I attempt to expand the public folders tree, we get the error: The connection was refused, ensure that your HTTP virtual servers are all started, and check that the WWW service is running. ID no: C103b401 Exchange System Manager However,...more >>

(I've already posted this to the Lotus Notes group, but I thought I'd try here as well...) I have an IIS 5.0 based website. When my customer with Lotus Notes R5 (not sure which minor version) receives a plain-text email with a link to my site, the link looks good, but when he clicks it, IIS c...more >>

I have an IIS 5.0 based website. When my customer with Lotus Notes R5 (not sure which minor version) receives a plain-text email with a link to my site, the link looks good, but when he clicks it, IIS can't handle it. They are sent to a 404 handler each time (which, is a custom ASP page that i...more >>

I'm trying to find an article showing the performance difference between an ASP.NET 1.1 application running on Windows 2000 vs. Windows 2003 (IIS 6). I found it in the past, but I'm not having much luck now. I know that ASP.NET apps are supposed to run faster on Windows 2003, but I would lik...more >>

I would like someone to guide me to a website which either has some templates or some material on developing IntraNet with Windows 2003 Server and IIS? Also what other software will be invloved to develop IntraNet? Thanks...more >>

Sorry for cross-posting but I never got any reply on the other newsgroup. Here is my story... We have IIS v5.0 running on Wn2000 server. We have a SQL server 2000 on the same machine. When we write asp scripts without database connection, it works fine. But when in any of the script if we try ...more >>

I am using Win 2003 with IIS 6.0 in a load balencing evironment. I am using DFS for storage of the websites. Is there a way to keep IIS in sync without manually having to make changes to each IIS box in the NLB cluster? Is DFS ok to use as the back end website storage. Thank you, JD ...more >>

Hi All, I have a bit of a complex problem that I will explain here. I have an ASP.NET application, an SMTP virtual server and IIS 6.0 all running on one server and excange 2000 running on another. Up until about 2 months ago everything was working fine. While I was away a service tech fr...more >>

Hi, what does it mean to see some messages "Access violation" without furthermore informations in the console windows of iisstate ? could this be an access violation inside iistate ?? thanks for your help Best regards Stefan ...more >>

We need some help and advice about the possible reasons that IIS 5.0 would stop utilising threads from its pool. We're actually running our application in either Pooled or Isolated mode, and so I'm really talking about threads in DLLHOST. We have a VB6 in-process server handling the client req...more >>

Hi, I've created a virtual directory, enabling 'Write' in order to allow clients to upload files onto the server using HTTP PUT requests. However, when I use wfetch to test this functionality, I get a 501 'not supported' error in response. ---- I also tried: Setting an application name for ...more >>

hi to all, I am running IIS5 on a Windows 2000 server (SP4) ita, with iis lockdown tool with the template ASP application. Sometimes the webserver hung and do not replay to http request where the page requested are ASP. All html site work fine. I see in the process table that the dllho...more >>

Hello, I try to modify the metabase and it doesn't work. This is my program: #define UNICODE #define INITGUID #include <windows.h> #include <iadmw.h> #include <iiscnfg.h> int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, PSTR szCmdLine, int iCmdShow) { HANDLE heap ...more >>

Hi, Can I start IIS 5.0 in DOS window? If I can, where is the .exe file and = what is the filename? I am using win 2000 server. Thanks....more >>

Hi everyone! I have a very peculiar problem. sc-status has been checked to be included in the server logs, but that field has not been being tracked for the last 3 years. I wanted to use URCHIN to analyze the server logs, but because it's missing this field, the software can't read my log...more >>

Hi! I would like to ask for your help concerning ISAPI filters. My task was to create a filter that would modify the header of the incoming request. I create a new ISAPI project by the Wizard and then I make a Filter. The settings of the Filter are: - Notification priority - high - connection ...more >>

Hi! I would like to ask for your help concerning ISAPI filters. My task was to create a filter that would modify the header of the incoming request. I create a new ISAPI project by the Wizard and then I make a Filter. The settings of the Filter are: - Notification priority - high - connection ...more >>

I need basic help getting an executable to be executable by an Internet user. I have a web site setup that operates correctly (xp pro with iis). Htm pages are viewable. But, a user attempting to execute a /wwwroot/scripts/text.exe gets a signin message and IIS will not accept any userid u...more >>

I installed the built in IIS 5.1 on my XP Pro box and everything went fine until I try to configure it through either services or admin tools and it just hangs and needs to be shut down through task manager, there are no errors appearing so have'nt a clue, I dont know much about it or what...more >>

I have a Dell PowerEdge 2650 2U Server with a P4 Xeon Processor and 1 GB RAM. We are running Windows 2003 Enterprise Server. This server is primarily a web server for many web sites (about 50 small to medium sized sites with less than 1,000,000 total hits per month). This server has bee...more >>

Does anyone know of a website where I can get some pretty detailed info on how to host a website/exchange server at home behind a cable modem? Thanks. ~ Robbie...more >>

Hi, I'v got an interesting problem that some of you guys might be able to help me with. I'v got server 2003 std running exchange srv 2003 and IIS6.0 I recently installed Trend Interscan Viruswall trial software on it which all ran together quite happily. I uninstalled the Trend intersca...more >>

I have a TCP client which does a HTTP-POST to IIS 5.0 / 6.0. When the webserver completes sending data, it does an active close and moves into the FIN_WAIT_2. By this time, the client is still reading the data from the socket buffer. After a timeout, IIS is sends a RST to the client TCP. Th...more >>

Not too sure if this is the right forum, but here goes. I've got Exchange 2003 running on SBS 2003. This machine currently delivers email via SMTP and collects via POP3. I'm trying to set up an ISA server in front of the email machine as a firewall. I figured I could relay mail through the...more >>