Hi Folks, Does anyone know how to configure IIS to redirect all requests for "host.com" to www.host.com? All path info needs to be preserved, including query strings. Here are two examples: Static Page Request: http://host.com/dir/subdir/page.html HTTP Response headers: ...more >>

There must be a setting someplace that I just can't seem to find to cause the footer file I've specified in the IIS properties for the site to be attached to the aspx pages as well as the htm/html pages. Can someone point out where/what I need to change to get the footer to appear on ALL pa...more >>

Hello, I had problems with IIS and made complete uninstall and then install. Now I have 2 issues first application pool keeps failing if running under "Network Service" and I can not see properties for logging tab. I get message box saying "unable to read current logging plugin value). W...more >>

The Microsoft IIS6 documentation has an Appendix A topic titled "Create a Web Site". Based on my reading of this topic, you can create multiple websites for IIS6 to manage. Correct? (1) If you have an external WWW type of domain name for a website, what do you do in IIS to relate that name t...more >>

If I send a web request as chunked, and not set the ContentLength as follow: HttpWebRequest webRequest = (HttpWebRequest) WebRequest.Create( uploadRequestUri.AbsoluteUri ); webRequest.Method="POST"; webRequest.ContentType="application/x-vps"; webRequest.AllowWriteStreamBuffering = false...more >>

I am have a SharePoint server and an Exchange server running on my network. My firewall passes all port 80 traffic to the Exchange server to accomodate Outlook Web Access. Is there a way in IIS to redirect trafic to my SharePoint server when the users is trying to get to our intranet site? ...more >>

I set up webdav on the windows side and in dreamweaver. dreamweaver connects to the server with no problem. But once it is connected it just shows a "/" folder and nothing else ( there are other folder in the website and the web site work fine but i can get dreamweaver to see them.) and if ...more >>

Hello, I'm new to IIS 6 on 2003 (switching over from 2000 box), and I'm having trouble accessing my website. I'm been searching through groups and forums all over the web to diagnose my issue. Luckily, I've gotten a little progress, but still can't access the site. My "progress" is I've gon...more >>

I recently installed IIS6 manager for XP using SP2, when I try to connect to any IIS windows 2003 server on a domain. I get a message stating you have been denied access to this machine message. I have no issues using remote tools such as DNS, active directory users and computers etc. I tried ...more >>

After a few days of work, all IIS 5.0 web sites change its status to stopped. I don't see anything strange in the logs. ...more >>

what are the proper configuration settings for hosting .EXE and .ZIP files to make sure the clients are prompted to save the files on their local machines ( and also to prevent the .EXE and .ZIP files from installing on the local server ) ? does one just have to remove the Execute permissions...more >>

I am new to IIS and have a simple question We have an Intranet that contains some excels spreadsheets that users can fill out in the browser. they can print them from there but I also want them to be able to save them as well. When they navigate to the page the spreadsheet open immediatly...more >>

We have iss 6 servers and our file server is linux, we mount the files to windows by samba by an admin user that has access to all domains' directories. So in iis home_directory-> connect_as setting is always the same for all domains. Now we cannot restrict asp writing on any directory, any...more >>

Hi, On my website, running on IIS 6, I need to grant access to only user accounts that are in the AD. Some PCs that access the website are on the domain, others are not. I have set up the website to use intergrated windows authentication. For the PCs that are outwith the domain this is ...more >>

I just read the following on the Web site of a company selling SSL certificates: << When the SSL handshake occurs, the browser verifies that the server certificate was issued by a trusted CA. If the CA is not trusted, a warning will appear. >> This implies that browsers have some way to ...more >>

Hi, We have a .net Web application that has feedback form sending emails to our admin. Do we need to install SMTP on the web server? Thanks Ming...more >>

We create websites iisweb /create, but we need to assign the web site to a specifuc application pool. Could someone point me in the right direction? Is cscript adsutil.vbs the right way to go? Thanks, Jorgen ...more >>

Hello, Can some please guide me as to how would I setup multiple websites on a single IP address server in IIS? I am not clear with the host headers feature. Any help is appreciated ...more >>

Hi, I just installed an SSL certificate on IIS6. Our company website contains a client login page which I had to move to the secure area of the server. The problem is when I try to display the page I get a warning that the page contains secure and non secure items. How can I find which of the...more >>

Hello, Can anybody tell me the difference between the worker process recyclin options -"Recycle worker processes (in minutes)" - AppPool properties Recycling tab- and -"Shutdown worker processes after being idle for (time in minutes)" AppPool properties - Performance tab- For th...more >>

Hi, I installed IIS, SQL2000 and reporting services on SBS2003 (all updates applied). When ever i connect to the reporting services home page from the server that hosting repoting services im always prompted for user/pass details. I simply want this to continue to the page without ever pro...more >>

When I start windows 2003 SP1 (with firewall enabled and exception defined for port 21 and inetinfo.exe process), my ftp server (IIS 6) cannot accept ftp inbound connection (passive mode) . If I stop, and then start, the process ALG, all works fine. All other services work fine. What can I do...more >>

We are going to be starting to host a website at our business (we have a T1 line, all channels, for internet). The site is going to be programmed from outside, but maintained by us. Our server is a dual-processor (2 1.3GHz processors) with 4GB RAM and a RAID-5 array with 3 36GB SCSI drives. ...more >>

I install iis on xp. install tells me it cannot write encrypted to metabase, so choose option to write unencrypted. when run inetmgr, it is very slow, does not show any default web site branch, and mmc aborts when try to right click. Any ideas how to fix without having to reinstall entire o...more >>

Hi, I'd like to now how to enable overlapping recycling of worke processes. I've read about it's existence, however I can't find a checkbox enabling it anywhere. When I have 5 worker processes running and one process is 'hanging using 100%, all processes are recycled (CPU limit is about 80...more >>

There is a way to change Inset pub default partion from C to E ?? i must move all my virtual directories, and their permission on sub-folders ...more >>

Even after Configuring SSL on a Web Server or Web Site (IIS 6.0), I cannot test SSL, and I get; HTTP Error 403.4 - Forbidden: SSL is required to view this resource Do I have to import/install the Certificate from the Certificate Authority to test my https://FQDN? Can I create my own reque...more >>

Morning everyone...well i got a couple of questions to ask you guys! first: Yesterday i was doing some practices with Web Matrix application, everything seemed to be fine, i could test and view all my pages without any fuss!However last night..it got a little bit wierd..i could not see all my pa...more >>

Hello We have an isapi redirect as follows: explorer -> IIS (isapi filter populates userid in header) -> Tomcat Can anyone suggest another way to populate the header with the userid other than via IIS/isapi filter? (the security mechanism is a windows based one which uses "Active Direc...more >>

I installed IIS on my XPSP2 notebook and copied the company's web site to it (the web site is written in ASP). I tried to access the web site on my IIS but it keeps saying "The page cannot be displayed". What do I have to do to view ASP pages on my local IIS? Regards Thief_ ...more >>

Hi all I am noticing some strange problems and would like some comments / advice.. I am running a windows 2000 domain. I have a web server on my LAN - it is publishing a site at the default level. It is running anonymous access and integrated access. I have a number of users on m...more >>

I've seen a bunch of different posts about IIS stopping the service of ASP pages. Most I've seen appear to have been ADO/Jet linked, especially when the server is under a load. That being said, I've read most of the threads about IIS not serving ASP pages, and this seems different. This is ...more >>

I have two web pages which I want to appear in the top 50, if not the top 10, of the Google, MSN, etc, search engines. What can I do to achieve this? ...more >>

Hi, I have 2 servers, both with Windows 2003 Standard edition. Servers are NOT in a domain. The second server has SQL 2000, the first has IIS 6.0 Through OBDC (System DSN) I created a connection to the SQL db. Then on my laptop I opened up frontpage to create a page to view the db results. ...more >>

We have implemented four ISAPI wildcard extensions for four different customised OWA 2003 applications. In just one of those systems, the very first time we connect to an OWA mailbox after the Exchange Server has been restarted, the browser displays the error message "An attempt was mad...more >>

Hi all, in our enterprise we have reports made with crystal reports, in an environment working with Windows 2000 and iis 5 everything works fine but last month we migrate to a new environment that is using windows 2003 and iis 6, almost all is working except when I try to export one of these r...more >>

Hi All, After an upgrade from a standalone server (no domain) to a domain controller (active directory, Win Server 2000) we are no longer able to debug on this server using VS.NET (local copy on the server). I suspect this has to do with permissions being wrong now. Has anyone some info on ...more >>

I am having issues with my Intranet site for whatever reason. When a user attempts to access any form from any page on our Intranet, they are prompted to enter username and password: "Enter Network Password" Now first off, the site is setup for anonymous access, second, no password works...more >>

My company runs Goldmine Corporate Edition. Goldmine is installed on a W2k Std Server sp4. Since the day of a recent upgrade to Goldmine 6.7 (from 6.5) I have been experiencing intermittent crashes of inetinfo.exe - and dependent services - running on my Exchange server. Exchange server is w20...more >>

OK, I have looked through several threads and can't quite find the answers that fit my problems. If they are already here, please let me know where to find them. Here's the problem. On one machine I have 2003 Server with SP1 (I know that SP1 seems to be some, if not all of the problem, b...more >>

When I start IISState I get an error saying it can't download the symbols. I've attached a log showing this. The server has full access to the internet. When I try to run http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols/ in my browser, I get no result. Is the page down or what is happening? Than...more >>

I have a Windows 2003 Server SP1 with IIS 6.0 installed. FTP has also been setup and the server is part of a domain. The firewall in enabled and allowing port 21 for local traffic. If I try to logon from workstation via dos ftp with my domain username and password, the logon fails "530 User...more >>

Hi, I have stopped a site to do some maintenance and when i try to start it again the MMC just hangs and does not start the website. It stopped with no problems. Before I attempt to start it I can view the properties of it with no problems. I attempted to create a new site and had the same ha...more >>

Recently, I have been getting several out of memory VBruntime errors show up in the Event Log. I'm running a ASP/VB application on Win2K server. There are other applications on the server as well. The paging file size on the server is 1920MB. And the range is 1918MB - 3840MB. Do you think the vi...more >>

One of our developers wants to host a complete dvd on his website. He has copied the contents of the dvd to the website directory, and pointed a link on the website to the exe file on the dvd. When trying to run the .exe through the website in IE an error is shown saying that it cannot fin...more >>

Hello Everyone, I am working on a client project that uses aspx files. On our development server the site works perfectly fine (Typical vendor answer I know, but very true), however on the client server everything seems to be working except for anything with a .aspx extension on it. I get t...more >>

I've become used to the order of the items in each line of the IIS5 log files. IIS6 has these items in a different order: specifically I wish to have the client-IP come right after the time. IIS5 DATE TIME CLIENT-IP - HOST-IP PORT GET URL - 200 386 100 BROWSER - IIS6 DATE TIME GET URL -...more >>

We have two main servers: * JLRXDC- Domain Controller hosting an ASP intranet site on IIS * JLRXTS- Terminal Server for user to access the corporate network Both are Win2003 Servers. I can access the intranet site from a local networked workstation OK, but when I terminal server in and point ...more >>

Hi I am looking at some formula / calculations to do hardware sizing for server running IIS 6.0. The only info available is - # Max 5 concurrent users # Max 20 transactions per user per sec # Expected response time 5-7 secs What is required is (No of CPU's & RAM, that will suffice the ab...more >>

trying to start service and I am getting could not start the IIS admin service on local computer error 126 the specified module cannot be found...more >>