Hey, Does anybody know if MS Certificate Server will install on an XP Pro box or if there is some other CA software that I can use to install on an XP Box. Brian --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.538 / Vi...more >>

I have a Enterprise Root CA on a separate machine from IIS. After upgrading to 2003 it was working fine for about two days. Today I went to access the site and it told me that the Client Certificate that I've been using to access the secure site has been revoked. When I loged into the Root CA ...more >>

I want to have Integrated Windows authentication. However, I would like to be able to trap the error coming back from IIS, when a user connecting to the site does not get authenticated. I would than like to connect to a database and check the user’ ID, and if it exists take the password and log t...more >>

Can I setup SSL without an SSL certificate? I need to setup SSL for other purposes than security. ...more >>

Hi everybody !! I've just installed SUS Server on my SPS v1 SP2 server (due to a lack of money, couldn't do it on a dedicated server) and noticed that I can no longer log on my SPS server ! I've noticed the explanation in the Deployment Guide SP1 from SUS about how to workaround this issu...more >>

After failing to logon to a restricted directory of a website (http://website/restricted), IE will continue to prompt for a login for unrestricted pages such as the website's home page (http://website) until IE is restarted. For example, visiting a website's homepage (http://website) and ...more >>

Is there a way to configure security on a website to require one set of users to login and not others? In other words, can you set anonymous access for one set of ip ranges and basic authentication for another? Thanks, Scott ...more >>

Hello, We have an administration website configured in IIS with anonymous turned off, and digest authentication turned on. On the web folders (\www), we have explicitly set our user permissions and groups that we want to allow access. However, IIS still lets anyone who successfully au...more >>

We noticed that, in our web log, every single request has 2 entries. The first one always logged in cs-username, sc- status, sc-substatus, and sc-win32-status as -, 401, 2, and 2148074254, respectively. The second one logged user's windows account, 200, 0, 0 in the corresponding fields, res...more >>

Hi, i had a wonderful e-learning site on Windows 2000 and IIS 5 and I decided to migrate it to Windows 2003 and IIS 6 It is developed in ASP so everything was quite smooth Now I have two main problems 1. I used and use a third party app for uploading of files (w3.upload) but now whenever I try...more >>

Noticed a funny behavior in my IIS log files. It seems a request for one webpage is showing as coming from 6 different IP addresses. pic1 on webpage requested by 1 IP, pic2 on the same page by another IP and pic3 by a third IP etc. etc. All IPs are AOL proxy IPs: 198.81.26.44 198.81.26.10...more >>

I posted this question earlier and apologize for posting it again but the problem is slightly different being I started over. 1) I setup a new webserver with Windows 2000 and IIS 5. 2) Copied over our web pages from the server we want to retire 3) Created the website in the IIS admin ...more >>

I am tryuing to know how to setup SSL on windows 2000 and IIS 5 machine. Is there an article that describes how to setup SSL? Do I have to buy a certificate? If not then how can I create my own certificate? Thank you in advance. ...more >>

I installed IIS, but for some reason it did not create a default website. I now have Exchange and CRM installed and they are looking for the default website. Can I create the website without having to reinstall IIS and therefor having to reinstall exchange & CRM? Your help is greatly ap...more >>

When I apply IIS Lockdown to SBS 2000 + ASP.NET 1.1 I run into NTFS persmission issues with the IWAM_computername user account, i.e. csc.exe. I tried using the Dynamic Web template and the SBS template with IIS lockdown but both had the same issues. I Is there an existing template to make t...more >>

everytime i receive an email attachment i get a message that- oe has removed access to this attachment. how do i disable this feature?...more >>

User gets password prompt when he clicks on any link on unprotected page. If he clicks cancel in the password prompt window, the requested page is served, however, then he gets password prompts again when he clicks on any link of this unprotected page. He clicks cancel.....ad naseum....more >>

Hello, I have a quick question - In order to use SSL for a site running on a webfarm w/ NLB - do I need to have Server Affinity activated? I don't want a new ssl "handshake"/certificate to be performed on every request. So, what configuration would I need to use in my application to disabl...more >>

aanyone got a link to guide to setting up secure FTP sites? Cheers...more >>

I am receiving an error message when attempting to add a Trusted Site, stating that the site already exists in another zone, but all the other zones are empty help anyone?...more >>

Using Windows XP Pro, I set up a virtual drive, P:, using SUBST that points to C:\projects, such that C:\projects\mysolution\webroot appears as P:\mysolution\webroot on the virtual drive. When I assign P:\mysolution\webroot as the home directory in IIS for my computer's default web site, I am ...more >>

We have an issue trying to run our application [web based] on the new Win 2003/ADAM setup. We currently use W2K/AD and have no problems at the moment. Our main issue is when we try and schedule an event on MS scheduler through a browser . We cannot actually do this on Win 2003/ADAM . W...more >>

Hi, I have a problem with my WIndows XP Pro with SP1, everytime I install IIS it causes everything to hang, when then uninstall IIS everything works again. Anyone ever seen a problem like this before, can't seem to fine any related information on the Microsoft sites to help. Please email ...more >>

I received a notification from Microsoft that they detected spyware was attached to my computer. The way my computer is configured I can not connect to the internet with the dial up that is presented when I hit a hot link if I am not already connected to the internet. I need the hot link...more >>

I've recently installed a Stand Alone Certificate Authority on a test machine running Windows 2000 server with Internet Information Services. Installed the certificate and applied the permissions to a directory setting 'require secure channel.' When I view the page using http:// I get the ...more >>

Hi folks We're moving our site onto an IIS6 box. It is primarily .asp based. In 'Web Service Extensions' I have set ASP to allowed. ASP.NET is not installed. The index files are index.asp or default.asp (still testing) but neither works (I get the HTTP 500 error above). If I type the full ...more >>

I have setup a WebDAV directory on IIS 5.1 using Basic Authentication. (Beautiful). However, when I save a new file to the folder and go to open this file from the directory, it prompts me again for Username/Password. I enter the username/password and it opens fine. However, should it ...more >>

The proposed resolution to this problem is to add "Authenticated Users" and "INTERACTIVE" into the local "Users" group. Both of these were already in the "Users" group. When I deleted them, added them back in, and restarted IIS, nothing changed. What else can I try to get the ASP pages ...more >>

hey i want to implement SSL in my current website i know how to implement payment gateway also(certificate genertation etc) can you tell me what kind of things required in ASP page also along with IIS settings? any URL will also do Thanks and regards hrishikesh *** Sent via Devel...more >>

As I know the URLScan were include in IIS6. But where can I edit it? Like before URLScan 2.5 & IIS5 that I can edit the urlscan. Thank you for your reply! ...more >>

I'm mot sure if I am in the right area. I recently got a used computer. Who ever had it had the content advisor activated. How can I turn it off? I can't acess anything right now on that system. Any ideas?...more >>

How do you generate a Self Signed Certificate in IIS 5.0?...more >>

Hi, We have moved to host our site on IIS 6. Some web pages use a server-side ActiveX. While on IIS 5 it worked flawlessly, here - ocaasionaly but suddenly - it stops working! After restart for the IIS all is well again. What can it be? Any ideas? Thanks, Lior ...more >>

When I tries to open some video by using ActiveX control, I have a message that says your security setting prevents ActiveX control and your web page won't display correctly and I have only a red X mark. I contacted with the site Tech help and told me to check if the security setting was m...more >>

I had an odd thing happen and I don't know why. All the users within a group had their Password settings changed to "User must change password at next login". Previously this was not used. Sometime over the past three of four days this setting was changed. But it only affected users within 1...more >>

Hi, We're setting up a web server on Win2K Advanced Server/IIS5 with client and server authentication, and we want to use client authentication as a mechanism for allowing/preventing users access. This machine will also be a Domain Controller. I know that we can create CTLs, and that wi...more >>

Someone hacked into my system and changed my internet options for IE 6. I am unable to change my default page or delete temp file or any other thing that falls under the Internet Options Tools bar. I am getting a warning that says "This operations has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect o...more >>

In setting up the ftp service when I run a test with a created user I get a user cannot log in. home directory inaccessible. Any help would be appreciated. I have created rights to the folder for the person who supposed to able to connect ...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to have a remote virtual directory when you are using asp.net If so, how? How does the security in the config files need to be setup. - thanks...more >>

HI I am working on an NT server/iis 4.0, I am trying to install a certificate for one website. However on this server it houses multiple websites that do not have assigned ipaddress in iis but instead port numbers. For example internal server http://krugger:90. When I follow instructions t...more >>

Hi, I have been tasked to build a machine in the DMZ that will be a stand alone server, but will talk to an SQL server back in the domain through a back-end firewall. As the IIS machine is standalone... how can I get it to ask for authentication against the user accounts in the Domain? They need...more >>

I have an odd problem.. When I startup the server (its a domain member, but not a DC) everything is fine, about 4 or 6 hours later, you can not open a web site hosted on the box because its lost the IUSR_XXX authentication. In IIS5, to get around this, I let IIS control the IUSR account, but ...more >>

Hi all- I am a little stumped. I have a site on a Win2k IIS server that I would like to use integrated windows authentication with. Pretty simple. This site is the only one being hosted on the server and is to be used as an intranet site. The trouble I am having is that when a user type...more >>

what is the best spyware available for the casual user of the internet for making purchases who's concerned about identity fraud.?? Thanks in advance for your advice! Mike...more >>

Windows XP Pro When I log on as a user, a command windows popup for a few seconds and then drop off. This started after being on the internet and a virus warning pop that Win32.Sinit.Trojan file was on my computer. I ran the virus scan and it delete the file. Than when I log back on t...more >>

hi, I just installed Windows XP with IIS on 2 machines. Both times, Windows Update listed no available patches for IIS. How can this happen? As a result I was infected multiple times with virus within seconds when connected to the internet. Anybody an idea why Windows Update did not det...more >>