In general, what are CAL's and how do they work How does this relate to client licenses for SQL Server, if at all The explanation on the Microsoft site is a bit confusing. Want unlimited outside internet traffic to hit on regular and also secure website. Assume all on one machine for now Als...more >>

windows 2k advanced server. suddenly I'm getting an error page that = states that I am not authorized to view this page error 403. = permissions as follows administrator: full control administrators: full control everyone: read & execute, list folder contents, read internet guest account: ...more >>

how many websites can I add in IIS. Does it depend on the operating sytem?...more >>

Can I get IIS on XP Home Edition ? ...more >>

Hello, I wanted to know if there is something here I am missing in my server config to help this situation, or am I to look elsewhere? I currently have an upload speed of 512kbps which is ok for me and what I do. However when I download a file from my site the tranfer rate in the dialogu...more >>

Is there a way i can export all the webs and thier settings, then import them on a different server? My companys primary web server is being replaced with a server thats running 2k3, and i would rather not spend 12 hours transferring information, there has to be an easier way. I also nee...more >>

I am running IIS on my W2K machine to develop web sites. Suddently once in a while IIS goes down. Sometims reboothing the machine helps and IIS gets back up and sometimes it does not.. I have a simple html file (http://127.0.0.1/zTest.htm) to check if the IIS is running and I keep getting a "The P...more >>

The server running www.bink.nu (Windows Server 2003, IIS6, ASP.NET 1.1) has been working perfectly for the last 2 months+ with no change. Last night, the site showed the dreaded "Service Unavailable" error. When I went on the server, we had three messages in the event log: Event Type: E...more >>

I am self-hosting a small website. My setup is: Hardware: Pentium 4 2.53 Ghz with 512 RAM Windows XP Pro w/Service Pack 1 IIS V5.1 is installed and operating I am Using FrontPage2003- and I am currently publishing the web site http://localhost I would like to get the webpage published t...more >>

Whenever I go to http://ncrweb/ which is the root of my SharePointService website, it sends me an .exe file called "ncrweb". Whenever I go to http://ncrweb/default.aspx, it goes to the correct page and SPS works fine. Anybody know what the problem could be?...more >>

Hi, our smtp server is as a mail relay server for exchange 2000 under windows NT domain environment. it generates a lot of eml file, with the subject of "sender unspecified" and blank body mesages and sitting in the \inetpub\mailroot\queue folder. how these files been generated? is it re...more >>

Hi, we are in the process of switching from old smtp(iis4) server to new smtp server(win2003), but we have problem to have the exchange server communicate with the new one. it looks like the new smtp server has not picking up any new email, by monitoring the \mailroot\queue folder and logs....more >>

I have IIS 5 running a website with a simple dl page. One link is to a Zip file.....no problem. You can click the link and download just fine. But, when I added a second link to a second file that happened to be an EXE file, all I get from a browser is a 404 "File not found error" If I c...more >>

Hi I used frontPage 2000 to build my websites which is hooked to MS SQL server 2000. Once I create an application from frontpage with the appropriate database settings and save it and finally Click "preview in web Browser", It takes too much time to display. I don't know when it will be displayed. ...more >>

hey. im setting up a website with IIS 6.0, and im having some trouble. i found a php script that i can use to set up an e-mail form (so that my web site users can send an e-mail to me from the web page). the script has a variable that calls for the "location of your sendmail variable" and has a u...more >>

When was IIS first released?...more >>

Hi, I am looking into learn ASP.Net development using IIS version 5.1. When I try to create a new project using VS .Net 2003, and the empty web project template, I get an error about not having ASP .et version 1.1. I do have the .Net framework 1.1, so I do not know why this is happening. C...more >>

We have IIS Server ver 5 is installed and has a default web site. This site can be accessed always but sometimes some clients get the message "under Construction" intermittently. Can you please let me why this is happening and how it can be corrected. Thank you ...more >>

I have a problem at work with IIS. I have an application sitting on a webserver with IIS 5.0. Today, I tried to alter the permissions of the application's folders so that a user authentication box would quit coming up when I pull up the application online. I basicly want anyone in the world to be...more >>

IIS 6.0 on WinServer 2003, Default web site - I create a virtual directory/application for .NET app; call it FOO; everything fine - I move a single file and directory called Bin into physical location on disk - Click refresh in IIS and it show correctly shows Bin underneath FOO - Close IIS ...more >>

After that I formated my computer and reinstall IIS I now cant view other files then .htm/.html files Anyone who knows how to solve this problem?...more >>

I should have check back sooner and seen your post. Every minute counts today. Thanks....more >>

I am having problems with IIS on Windows 2000 Pro. When I attempt to launch the interface (Internet Services Manager) after a long pause I get a message... "Error Connecting to <my computer name> The system cannot find the path specified. Do you want to continue to attempt to connect to...more >>

When I try and run my asp.net web page, the html displays but none of the VB runs. When I refresh the page or press the submit button, I get the 505 resource not found error. It looks to me like my copy IIS is set up to run ASP only because when I look at mappings, the ASP.NET versions ...more >>

I am running IIS 5.0 on a windows 2000 standard server with Service Pack 4. I get the following error message: Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7031 Date: 1/30/2004 Time: 12:53:17 PM User: N/A Computer: FOO Description: The IIS Ad...more >>

Hello, on one of our customers sites we run a asp solution, where users share documents on a central document store through our application. the uploaded documents are stored in a central folder, named with a prefix (date+time) and original document name, so that we get singular document names f...more >>

Is there way to copy IIS 6.0 meta data from one PC to another ?...more >>

Can anyone tell me how I can automatically backup the Metabase for IIS 4/5.x servers? I love that utility for IIS 6.0 but I have a ton of servers with IIS 4/5.x... Thanks, Billy S....more >>

Hi there, We've developed an application that reads xml from a database and converts it to html using xslt. It works fine most of the time but the users are experiencing a problem. Periodically, a single page can take as long as 15 seconds to load and then everything will speed up again and w...more >>

Does anyone know of any proper documentation to help me secure a new 2003 server which will be unprotected on the web? Cheers ...more >>

Can you install an SSL cert on a virtual server and then move it to another virtual server? We're changing domain names and we will need to replace our Cert on the OWA directory. I can't request the new cert from that directory since it has the current one in use....more >>

Hi I am getting a fair amount of errorid 37's so i decided to run iisstate on the inetpub process to see what is happening. Here is the output, after an example eid37. Can anyone help diagnose please? Event Type: Warning Event Source: W3SVC Event Category: None Event ID: 37 Date: 30/01...more >>

Running Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 with SP1a on IIS5.1 on Windows XP Professional with SP2, which is a development environment. The database repository is a SQL Server 2000 with SP3a on a Windows 2000 Server with SP4. I had no problem with Viewing the website, or editing the web...more >>

Hello All, In IIS 6.0 We have a concept of worker processes and application pools. As I understand it, we can have multiple worker process per appliction pool. Each worker process is dedicated to a pool. If I assign only one application to a applicaton pool and have multiple worker process...more >>

We are getting an intermittent access violation in our ISAP dll, we're suspecting it's when new thread(s) are being created but as we cant reproduce it in our test environment, even using Homer, the stress tester we're having problems tracing the cause. I've been looking at IISState over at i...more >>

Hello, Our organization is constantly faced with an ever growing number of web based applications that require full installations on our IIS server. What we have done is install each application on our IIS server. Each app usually creates its own web underneath the default web site. And with...more >>

I am try to set up and allow a Visual Source safe 6.o librarian staff (non - Server admin level user) to execute ASP.net MSI executables on a IIS 5.0 web server. I get an error that says path not found when they try to execute the program and point to the location of where the content sho...more >>

Need help in understanding why script reports a Default Site Installed when MMC shows none. Am I to assume that the site is still reported in the metabase despite having been deleted via MMC? Servers are all Win2K latest Patches. Thanks in advance. Nick <code snip> Set objFsoIO = C...more >>

Whenever 3 or more people access the same mdb file at the same on a Windows 2003 server it hoses up. Any other users trying to get to that URL get a blank screen. I have to go in and restar IIS. Is there something that can be configured or updated to prevent this? ...more >>

We just finish rebuilding a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, the server was working perfectly and the entire website too in the pass†But now, anything else is working except, any of the programming that calls a instance of a CDONTS.NewMail Object <% Dim objMail Set objMail = ...more >>

I have a web service developed using vb.net 1.1. The web service returns xml from selected data from SQL Server using XML AUTO. The web service runs properly on smaller databases on both IIS 5 (Windows 2000 Server) and IIS 6 (Windows 2003 Server), but returns an out of memory exception w...more >>

I have an ISAPI Filter in my IIS 5.0 and i'm getting a error when a i use long url segment (more than 255 caracters), I sow Microsoft IIS 6.0 articles and the solution is change a registry value URLSegmentMax, but there ins't a value for IIS 5.0. What can I do? Somebody can help me?...more >>

Hi, Each night IIS goes into failoure mode and I see the following error in the event log: Event Type: Error Event Source: DCOM Event Category: None Event ID: 10004 Date: 1/27/2004 Time: 4:37:37 PM User: N/A Computer: MCCSPAPI2 Description: DCOM got error "Overlapped I/O operatio...more >>

I have found that if an attachment whose size is n*45+14 is attached using NewMail, the attachment is corrupted, and can not be read by the recipient. If the attachment is an RTF file, Word 2003 refuses to open it at all, giving a pop-up saying "Word experienced an error trying to open th...more >>

Hi, Need a bit of help working out what I need to set this up. I have a Windows 2000 server running, with 10 PC contacting to it on a local domain. What I want to do is collect all are incoming mail on our server scan it for spam and virus's and all that, and they our local pc look at t...more >>

Hi Folks, I am coming from a UNIX/Linux world here, so please be kind! I have recently installed IIS 5.5 under Windows 2000. I have patched this server with all the service packs and hot fixes available, and followed many security guides on how to lock the server down. Under UNIX/Linux, ...more >>

Looking for advice, thoughts, pros & cons, etc. I'm considering setting up a web server, at home, on a third PC running Win2K Pro and either IIS 5.0 or Apache software. The server would be connected to the net via my router and a cable modem and I am thinking of trying out the TZO.com premier...more >>

Hello, I've set up an FTP Site on Windows XP and i'm using a LinkSys Router. Whenever I try to access my FTP, i'm able to connect to my FTP server but can't view the directoy listing. Tried without the Router and it works fine. Contacted LinkSys and they told me to set my Server to accept Pa...more >>

Hi, I use IIS to deploy a .NET windows applications (no-touch deployment). So I a keep a virtual directory that contains exe's and dll's. The users run the exe's from the virtual directory. This works fine. The thing is, everytime I update the directory with new files or if I update config ...more >>

My ISP is working fine but Microsoft Int. Exp. keeps giving me message that is needs to close but when I click on report error message keeps popping back at me and I cannot get rid of it....more >>