Dear Readers, good afternoon. i am trying to identify the physical path programmatically when my server application drops a file inside c: \MyServer\MyServerOutput folder. this folder at the lowest level is a virutal directory called 'myserveroutput'. i get a file name: http://localhost/my...more >>

My server time is 12am, but the log time indicates 4am, where is IIS getting that time from? And can I change it? TIA ...more >>

We are in the process of trying to move over 100 web sites from a pair of clustered computers (where the sites are stored on a local SAS drive (J:) to that computer) to a pair of NLB "clustered" computers using a mapped J: drive that points to the share on the cluster of servers. We have ex...more >>

Theres seem to be a change that creates a problem adding request headers via an httpmodule from a security patch. We want to create a wildcard handler but with this new 'feature' is it still possible? There was a posting related to that at http://bigjimindc.blogspot.com/2007/07/ms-kb928365-...more >>

Hi All, Is it safe to rename IUSR_Server_Name & IWAM_Server_Name local user accounts? I've just finished IIS 6.0 Server migration using IIS 6.0 Migration tool. During the Migration, I used temporary name for the new IIS 6.0 server. I renamed the server after the migration. Now the IUSR &...more >>

We have an internal network configuration using the DNS domain, companyname.local. We decided to allow access to a website on this domain from outside the office (using SSL certificates). We configured the website as a subdomain of our corporate site (hosted by a hosting provider). The ad...more >>

I have a Server with two Intel Pro 1000 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter's, one XT and one MT and have installed the latest drivers. The Server has Windows 2003 SP2 installed. I'm using IIS to connect to an SSL page that distributes the AV software. When both cards are enabled I get the "Page c...more >>

Ive been using FPSE to deploy my asp-sites through VS2005 for some time now. But my web hosting provider has now decided to discontinue using it since MS has stopped supporting it... ? I dont get it. And I dont really understand why it is called FrontPage 2002 SE. Im not using FrontPage for an...more >>

Hi I had to uninstall & reinstall IIS (v5.1). Now, with Visual Interdev 6.0, I am hitting a strange permissions problem. I have set up the security permissions on c:\inetpub for (1) the Internet Guest Account [computername\IUSR_computername], and (2) for the Launch IIS Process Account [comp...more >>

Hi, I would like to limit a websites maximum size in MB. Where can I configure quota for each website in IIS 6? Thanks for your hint. regards Patrick...more >>

Hello, I have a problem with file permissions in an ASP.NET app. My app runs correctly on my test server (Windows 2003 SP2 Standard Edition), but don't work at all in my production server (Windows 2003 SP2 Enterprise Edition, joined to an Active Directory domain). The problem seems to be...more >>

I am trying to configure the Server Extenion 2002 for a website and I got an error message "Service Unavailable". When I did try to configure, it tried to connect to http://x.x.x.x:4377/fpadmdll.dll?page=newsrvr.htm&port=/LM/W3SVC/2040166830&frport=MyWebSite with the message displpayed. I a...more >>

Could somebody shed some light onto what HTTP_RVP is? On our IIS webserver we have continual 501 errors appearing. All of these contain HTTP headers with things like HTTP_RVP_NOTIFICATIONS_VERSION and HTTP_RVP_FROM_PRINCIPAL. I have found this explanation of 501 errors (http://www.checkupdow...more >>

On my work computer, I was able to click Start/Settings/Control Panel. Double click on Internet Services Manager. Expand the node right click on Default Web Site and click properties. I then clicked Home Directory and entered c:\inetpub\wwwroot in local path and the htm file worked. On ...more >>

I have an FTP site setup and I created a VD under that FTP. I can FTP to it using Filezilla fine but when I go to click up a directory it allows me. Is there anyway to disable that. I have checked permissions and I am only giving access to that specific users. Is this even possible, I assu...more >>

I have created a virtual directory in IIS6 on a 2k3 R2 SP2 server that serves files fine when viewed over http, however I want to control access and do so securely to this dir so I first disable anon access and require basic authentication which works great for denying anon access and requirin...more >>

I am using a combination of IIS 7.0 and Microsoft FTP Publishing Service 7.0 RC0 on my system. I am looking for a way to automate the deployment of ftp servers the way I also automate the deployment of new websites within IIS. I have looked at my applicationHost.config file, and noticed th...more >>

Would anyone know where this option is within IIS on Vista? When I right-click on the website within IIS Manager I do not see the familiar Properties option, so I would appreciate a pointer in the right direction on this. Cheers - george ...more >>

I am newer to IIS and am stumped by 'root' domain issue for a website I am working on. I downloaded a live site to my PC and everything is running fine, however, there are some images that are not resolving correctly. Here is what the img tag looks like. <img src="/images/index_06.jpg" wi...more >>

I have IIS 6.0 all I am trying to do is setup a IIS .NET web application folder and view it from HTTP://localhost/folder name. Here are the steps I have taken: 1) Created a folder called NOCDATA and placed in the C:\internetpub\wwwroot\NOCDATA. 2)In IIS manager create a new website under...more >>

Gentlemen: I was running IIS 5.0 on my 2000 server, and everything was working fine. I did an in-place upgrade to 2003 Server (std.), and it went ok but now my website is busted. When I try to login to a web page it cannot find it and the server registers the following error in the event ...more >>

Please help, I've got an IIS machine that is failing PCI compliance due to the 'False Logging Weakness'. the resolution states to use URLScan to translate hex codes into characters, but I have no idea how to do this... Can anyone shed some light? Thanks. ...more >>

Hello: I'm using a single instance of IIS 6.0 to host several application oriented web sites and would like to configure each web site with it's own directory for logging. While I have been able to create separate logging directories, which I assume IIS will properly forward the respecti...more >>

When I restart the pc I have a problem with the page, there is a page white with the word "Error" at the top left. If I restart the iis after few seconds it works but after some hours it don't works. How can I do? Dax ...more >>

I have a site with the service provider Bravenet and my site is http://top10affiliates.bravehost.com. I have uploded the python scipt to the webserver but inorder to run the scipt,i have to connect to the web server.Any one ,please help me how to connect to the webserver in order to run t...more >>

Hi All, I am attempting to add ftp support to a website I create. To create the website, I use the following function: public class WebSites { public const string FTPSERVICE = "/MSFTPSVC"; public const string IIS = "IIS://"; public const string WEBSERVICE = "/W3...more >>

Hello Here is my server's dump analyse report i couldnt exactly figure out what is causing my IIS to hang and throwing user errors for their search pages.. attaching the dump report please some one help me to identify the root cause of the issue.. This dump was taken when the server was in hung ...more >>

I have a site with the service provider Bravenet and my site is http://top10affiliates.bravehost.com.I have uploded the python scipt to the webserver but inorder to run the scipt,i have to connect to the web server.Any one ,please help me how to connect to the webserver in or...more >>

test1<br /> <%=test2<br />%> test3 This program returns the error message in the subject line. I am, unfortunately, stuck with using Windows Vista and read something about getting the server to return a helpful error message, but was not able to understand what to do. If anyone can tell ...more >>

What exactly is the purpose of configuring IIS 6's application pools to run under user accounts different from "network service"? It doesn't seem to have any impact on ASP pages, as they are always executed under the user account which is actually accessing the page. If IIS is configured to...more >>

Please anyone help me to identify the issue causing my iis hang and not responding for user search pages, our app is running in web farm of 9 servers, sporadically the hang occurs on different servers, while the server was in hung state worker process was running at around 300MB, not showing a...more >>

I installed IIS in Vista with the Classic ASP options, however, the server is not serving pages. For instance, when I enter "http:// localhost/emix/itunes.htm" I receive a blank page - no code, no error message. This, however, is not an ASP problem, as entering http://localhost/thispagedoesnot...more >>

Hi, we have publishing tool called Documentum Site Caching Services to publish web contents to an area mapped in an IIS 6 webserver. Sometimes, during the publish of documents, SCS logs an error which could be related to the fact of IIS is locking some contents. Has anybody already had a ...more >>

I have several MS Access databases that are linked together in on way or another that work fine. I now have to make reports for our intranet to view the data, but not edit it, for our upper echelon of employees. The workers enter the data thru front-end/back-end MS Access db's. No problem t...more >>

I'm trying to create a custom server variable. Is there a way to do this? Maybe as an ISAPI filter? I know there are MUCH better/easier ways to store session data ... However, I'm dealing with a legacy application that relies on this. Thanks in advance. mb ...more >>

I've been trying to figure out the following issue for a few days with no luck. There are two servers involved, both are standalone servers (no domain): WebServer - Windows 2003 R2 FileServer - Windoows 2000 SP4 >From the WebServer i've created a new Virtual Directory, and specified a UNC...more >>

I've got a both a Windows 2003 SBS and Standard Edition boxes and want to determine (programmatically or via a script) if WebDav is enabled... ordinarily I could just check the iis_webdav registry key, however it is always zero unless I explicitly install WebDav through the Windows Component ...more >>

Hello, I am having an issue with IIS 6.0 not honoring the MD_ETAG_CHANGENUMBER metabase property. Per kb823544 it was a known issue that was supposed to be fixed with Windows 2003 SP1 or via a hotfix for earlier verions . We are running a web farm of Windows 2003 STD R2 SP2 servers and the...more >>

Hi, Wondering if there is a way to install IIS 6.0 that comes with Windows 2003 Server to a location of my choice? I believe it defaults to C:\.... but I need to install in on another drive. How can I do this? Thanks ...more >>

Hi - I have all my web apps, coded in classic ASP and VB 6.0. I am trying to do a migration of apps. to a Vista with IIS7. I am getting this error: 80020009 Object required With II5 and II6 i have no problem. Codesample: <% dim login dim passwd dim objLogin login = "" passwd = "" ...more >>

Hi All, i installed iis on my pc and put an asp file in the root if the wwwroot folder. this asp only had a responce.write in it. but it is giving it a 404 file not found error. any idea what happened? regards Abhishek ...more >>

I have IIS6 running on a Win2K3 box. It has been fine up until yesterday. Prior to that the only configuration change I'm aware of is the installation and subsequent uninstallation of SQL Server 2000. When I browse to any of the hosted sites, I get simply "Service Unavailable". When I go in...more >>

We have a production website that runs some asp pages that are housed on a shared DAS drive that multiple IIS servers access, they are load balanced via a level 2 switch. 1 of the servers is W2K sp4 with IIS 5, the other two servers are W2K3 with IIS 6. All three serve the pages correctly but ...more >>

Hi I wonder if there is any problem in assigning 2 domain names to the same Static IP address? Thank you, Samuel ...more >>

I uprade a win2k server to win2k3. I was expecting to see the Application Pools node in IIS after the upgrade (that's what i saw on previous upgrades). On this particular server, I open the interface and just see the Websites & Web Service Extensions. Anyone know how to install the Applic...more >>

Hello all, It seems thet everything is well configured on my IIS server but when I just type localhost I haven't got the default iisstart.htm. I have directly "impossible to display the page". I checked the local adress is well the "c:\Inetpub\wwwroot" I got another site in the same folde...more >>

I have the following ASP code on a simple "experimental" page: <% Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message") myMail.Subject="Sending email with CDO" myMail.From="from@blah.com" myMail.To="to@blah.com" myMail.CreateMHTMLBody "http://cic/targeted/results.asp" mymail.configuration.fields.item("htt...more >>

I am always recreating my IIS virtual directories on to other servers. Is there an automated way I can recreate entire IIS virtual directory structure using export and import features of IIS? Any samples/articles would be great! ...more >>

Hi - I have all my web apps, coded in classic ASP and VB 6.0. I am trying to do a migration of apps. to a new WIN 2000 server. I am getting this error Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 800a801d' Server.CreateObject Failed I am unable to fix this issue for days and it is driving me nuts.For t...more >>

Is it possible to run IIS + PHP on Windows Vista x64 Home Premium? I'm trying for a week now and no luck... Thanks for replies ...more >>