iis security: The tool was installed. An unrelated problem led to the log file being
purged. As a result, the tool can not be re-run. The tool detects that
it has been installed and attempts to repair its prior action, but
fails as follows:

Starting undo...
Backing up IIS metabase...
Unable to backup IIS metabase
Undo did not completewish to remove this tool

Some suggestions as to how to manually purge this tool have been
followed, to no avail.

How does the tool detect that it has been run previously, so that this
behaviour can be overridden?

Hello,
I believe it looks for the C:\Winnt\system32\inetsrv\oblt-log.log file to
detect if it was installed earlier or not. Try renaming or deleting this
file and run the Lockdown tool again. Let me know if that helps!

Thanks,
Yogita Manghnani
Microsoft Developer Support
Internet Information Server

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Thank you for your prompt reply.

I did actually rename this file, and the other Lockdown tool log files
in the same directory, prior to posting the original problem.

Something else must be telling the tool that it has been run.

When the tool is launched, the text "This Server Was Already
Configured" appears in the first wizard screen.

It is picking up something else. I searched the registry for
"lockdown" and cleared a few things out but did not find anything
glaringly obvious that at which the wizard might look.

Hey Simon,
Can you confirm if you have also removed/renamed the following files:

- Oblt-rep.log (in \System32\Inetsrv)
- Oblt-once.md0 (in \System32\Inetsrv\Metaback)
- Oblt-mb.md0 (in \System32\Inetsrv\Metaback)

If this doesn't help, I can try to ping the developer of this tool to find
out what else could be leading the tool to believe it was already run.

Thanks,
Yogita Manghnani
Microsoft Developer Support
Internet Information Server

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