I notice a lot of large websites are broken into 'categories' in the domain name. For example; support.microsoft.com or video.google.com or maps.google.com etc.. I feel like a dork for not knowing this, but what exactly is going on with these domains? Is there a name for these type domains ...more >>

Hello, I'm having difficulties creating VD via a script. If I create a VD using mmc/iis console and then update it to point to an URL it places 'HTTPRefer' into database keeping 'Path' setting that was used previousely. If I create a VD via a script and I don't create 'Path' variable (speci...more >>

This the error that I get.. " Login failed for user '(null)'. Reason: Not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection" This is the flow. IE==>ASP.net Web Site (Basic Authentication enabled and impersonation true in web.config) == makes a call to==>Web service on a different machine(N...more >>

Afternoon all, I need to get some advice about this issue that I have this is the basic idea: Cisco Load Balancer FE IP: .12 FQDN: site.something.com Web01 Web02 FE IP: .34 FE IP: .35 FQDN: site.something.com FQDN: site.something.com SSL Ce...more >>

I have installed IIS on a server running win2003 R2, however when we go into the admin tools the iis manager tool is not installed and I have un-installed and re-installed several times with the same results. Any help! JB...more >>

We have two servers that our network manager will set up on our SAN. They will be set up in an Active Passive configuration for IIS and SQL. IIS will be active on SERVER1 and will fail over to SERVER2 and SERVER2 will be active for SQL 2005 and fail over to SERVER1. Is this a difficult (go...more >>

Hello Everyone, We had several ASP based web sites crash. A restart of IIS didn't resolve the problem, a reboot did. The event log was filled with the following events Event ID 204 Source WAM Descrition: The HTTP server encountered an unhandled exception while processing the ISAPI...more >>

I am trying to add a new mime type to all my web servers via script. I can read the current settings and create a new mime type. But when I try to set the MimeMap property I get an error. I'm pretty new to scripting this, but I'm trying to get away from MMC management by writing scripts for th...more >>

Hello, We run IIS/NT 4.0. We host multiple sites on single servers. I am wondering if it is advisable to have multiple global.asa files within the same site? We normally have a global.asa in the wwwroot folder for a site, but I'm finding a the file in other folders also. Is this advis...more >>

Hi guys I'm working as a contracted developer for a client who is running Win2k3 Server with IIS 6. We're developing in .net 2.0, but already have an app running in 1.1 on the server. The other day the techie dude came to me with some results from the MBSA - apparently it's telling h...more >>

I was working on a site using .net v1.1. When I tried to bring up a v2 site, I got a page not found error. All the v2 sites give me the same error. The Default Web Site ASP.Net properties is set to v 2 but the Web Sites Folder properites is set to v1.1 and I am unable to access the dropdo...more >>

Hi all, We have a cgi web app (a forum-like application) running on IIS 5, serving both people on our intranet as well as extranet users. IIS is set to allow anonymous access; the application asks users to log on and authenticates them against its own user database. What we would like to d...more >>

I am trying to set up IIS on Win2k Server to do some testing and I cannot find any help or documentation on the Win2k Server machine. Surely there must be some. Where is it? Thanks. -- ..Bill....more >>

I have a web app that I put together that I'm running on IIS 6 on Windows SBS 2003. The root app directory is C:\Inetpub\ChurchDirectory. I have the website and AppPool configured to the point where I can open the default.aspx page and display my initial page. The problem seems to come in ...more >>

In the install for a web enabled application I'm evaluating, the install instructions refer to the .Net Process Model and the account it that it uses. Specifically is says... To determine which account the .Net Process model is using: - In IIS 6.0, open up the Internet Information Admi...more >>

Hello! I originally posted this message in the frontpage.programming newsgroup, but got answers that were not true solutions. I am trying to fix it for all visitors and make it work as it did a few months ago. I am trying to help someone who has a web site on IIS 6, Server 2003, with men...more >>

Just got a new box. Running XP Pro (MCE installed with box). Run update and install IIS. DOT.NET V2 installed prior. Also running SQL Express as database. Start IIS and after a minute get a msg that service could not start in a timely fashion. Tried again and this time get a win dialog...more >>

I have this weird problem on a IIS6.0: I've recently installed a new SSL certificate and although there is no problem in the IIS config, when I client connects to the web server, IE still reports the use of the old certificate. i've already removed the old certificate form the server, re-import...more >>

I have SQL Server Developer Edition 2005 installed on my Compaq Presario which is running Windows XP Media Edition. When I try to deploy a report I get the error message: "A connection could not be made to the report server http://localhost/ReportServer." In Computer Management I can see ...more >>

One of the web sites on our IIS was "hacked" last night. Someone was able to drop a "default.htm" into the root of one site. I did some googling on "spykids group" and found some rather obscure references to the hack, but couldn't find much about how the hack was done and how to prevent it in ...more >>

We set up 2 new servers running server 03 and imported about 30 sites from old servers. Our stats software requires that the W3SVC number be the same on both servers to be able to parse it. Unfortunately, when the import process ran, it gave about half of these sites unique ids that instead of...more >>

I have a C DLL built to use fixed base address 0x1D000000 (link option /base:0x1D000000 /fixed) and it worked find for many years. However, some clients running applications on ASP.NET 2.0 on Win2003 IIS using this DLL had problem loading it. LoadLibrary (thru P/Invoke) of the DLL gives erro...more >>

Has entries like this: <Tool ID="0" Name="Site Manager" Command="<<NrClientLocation>>" Arguments="<<NrClientScriptUrl>>" /> <Tool ID="1" Name="Database Configuration Application" Command="<<DcaLocation>>" Arguments="" /> <Tool ID="2" Name="Server Configuration Application" Co...more >>

Windows 2000, SP4, IIS 5.0 We have enabled logging in the W3C Extended Log File Format. Our new log time period is set to Daily. This results in a log file created daily at 7 PM. What controls the file being created a 7 PM rather than at 12 AM? We are in CST, so perhaps the 5 hour diffe...more >>

I have a hard drive with Windows XP installed and a second NTFS partition. Can I use IIS on this partition for a local intranet? I am trying to set this computer up to host sites for my local intranet. I have absolutely no prior experience with IIS. Is there another way to host sites on th...more >>

Ok, I have a little dilema here, I need to create a new ssl cert on my W2k Server running IIS 6.0 with new information in the cert. The problem is, my company needs to have the cert generated in a specific way (company name must be 1st letter cap and the rest lower case) so that it goes through...more >>

Hello, I need to install ASP.NET on my production WEB server. Does this necessitate a reboot post-installation? Thanks. Scott ...more >>

Hello all, i've a problem after our OS Update from W2000 Server with IIS? to Server 2003 with IIS 6.0. I'm querying index server with asp. Before the update everything works fine. After migration to Server 2003 the serach results are OK, but it's not possible to sort the results in result...more >>

Hello, I have some pdf files which have an ampersand in the file name. ie "Sample April Sales & Expenses.pdf" When I try to put this into the browser, either by pasting or thru an html anchor link ie http://mywebsite/mywebapp/pdfs/Sample April Sales & Expenses.pdf I get a "File not ...more >>

OK, Here is my situation. I'm running IIS6 on 2K3 Web edition and I need to do the following setup. I have a site running that uses a lot of directories, so an example might be someplace.com/IL/Ourtown takes you to the site for Ourtown, IL. Now if Ourtown registers ourtown.com, I want to be a...more >>

I just set up iis and sharepoint STS, everything works great bu I'd like to access the intranet via http://companyweb as opposed to http://servername/companyweb. I've set up the cname in DNS, headers do not work since it is the only virtual site. Any ideas? -- Steve ...more >>

Hello, I've looked and discovered there are numerous posts regarding inetinfo.exe going stupid, but I haven't seen any solutions. This started off as a Visual Studio 2005 post, as the IDE would lock up as soon as we tried to write ASP code. After two days of searching, we found that ine...more >>

I am using the "iiscnfg" command to copy the metabase from one server to another but the problem is that the ftp IP on the remote server is different. So once the command runs I need to set the FTP site to the appropriate directory. I tried the following command but it creates a new site with ...more >>

I sent 2 posts yesterday and neither one has shown up in this news group. Could anyone tell me why? Thanks...... ...more >>

Hi, We use NLB on Windows Server 2003 SP1 with 2 servers. It seems if a website goes down but not a server (the ASP.NET application crashes) clients will still be directed by NLB to this 'down' application. I'm looking for some best practices or documentation regarding how to make the appli...more >>

Hi, I am writing a .bat file to automate various installation tasks targeted at a Windows XP Professional laptop. One of the tasks is setting up a web site in IIS 5.1. I looked in the System.DirectoryServices namespace, and found classes within to perform this action, but the network that ...more >>

I'm tearing my hair out on this one and don't know where to look at this point. I have 5 web servers, all IBM Blade servers in the same Blade Center enclosure. Before the upgrade, they were all running various sites on 2000/IIS5 behind a Cisco load balancer in round robin. They all had roughly t...more >>

Last week I purchased a web hosting service and registered a domain with a web hosting provider. The problem is: when I ftp my account, I can login successfully, but I can't have the folder content listed in my ftp program. I have also another web hosting account with the same provider which d...more >>

Hi Gang, Looking for other ideas here before I pull my hair out... I'm using XP Pro (IIS 5.1) all patched out. I've also got VS2005 loaded as well. Well, last week, things were working fine. My web pages were working fine. All of the sudden I'm getting prompted for passwords. http://...more >>

Having a problem getting iis to recognize my local web site. This is not in inetpub, but in another location. I receive this message: "A name was started with an invalid character. Error processing resource 'http://localhost/'. Line 1, Position 2". I've researched this and tried several thing...more >>

I am studying ASP.NET 1.1 and have a Murach book that I'm just starting. When I try to open an app in VS 2K3, I get an error message that my web server is not running ASP.NET 1.1 and I won't be able to run any web apps on it. Now it seems that that IIS 5.1 is the latest PC based (not server ...more >>

Having a problem getting iis to recognize my local web site. This is not in inetpub, but in another location. I receive this message: "A name was started with an invalid character. Error processing resource 'http://localhost/'. Line 1, Position 2". I've researched this and tried several th...more >>

Hello, I have documented with our servers that having remote classic ASP content over a UNC has a 50% performance loss when compared to running the exact same code locally, using the same AD user. Anyone else see this behavior? (and this isn't really even mentioning about how our old, s...more >>

Hi Can anyone point me to some documents details how to set up IIS 5 in a Load balanced multiple active node configuration?? Are there any significant advantages introduced in IIS 6.0 with regard to NLB? We are using Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Thanks ...more >>

We've been experiencing kind of a strange problem. We are running an FTP server within our intranet and have anonymous access checked for security and allowing IIS to manage the password. The permissions for the home directory of the FTP sever are set to allow access to Authenicated Users and ...more >>

I am having a problem viewing a basic web page (htm) on a server using XP Pro and IIS 5.X. Locally I can view the pages, but when I try to view it from another PC inside the LAN, it appears to find the server, and then fails with the Cannot Find Server error message. The server does have...more >>

I am REALLY stuck here. I've been trying to solve this for the past two days! I have a web application that used to work just great, but recently started having some problems. This is a .NET application using framework 1.1.4, being served from a Windows 2003 server. Our application serves o...more >>

Hi. I have a Windows 2003 Server with IIS installed and SMTP virtual server running and I'm trying to make it forward mail. I can telnet into the server on port 25 and the helo (or ehlo) command returns successfully. Then 'mail from' works okay as well: MAIL FROM: j...@yahoo.com 250 2.1...more >>

Is there any way to setup Windows XP IIS 5.1 so that only localhost requests are allowed?...more >>

On our intranet (using IIS) we have a certain page that we want to only be used to view the contents of the folder (i.e. Directory Browsing). All is well in achieving this. However, to the left of each item, there is the date/time filed where the item was updated as well as the size of the it...more >>