“Setup was unable to load the master information file’ when I Install optional windows components
I receive this error “Setup was unable to load the master information file’ when I   Install optional windows components.   I was going to add IIS but recieved this error.   Running Windows XP Professional SP3

Answer Question   |  February 28, 2012  9:51 AM
IIS, Windows XP SP3

Setting up an Active-Active IIS Cluster with ARR
Hi,  I would like to know if we can setup an Active-Active IIS Cluster using Windows Cluster services that shares a common storage to store web content and WITHOUT the use of Windows NLB.  I’m aware that this may not be a best practice or not a recommended setup, however, the setup is to be [...]

Answer Question   |  February 28, 2012  8:39 AM
IIS

Unable to browse local intranet PHP site
I spent the better part of a week trying to install and configure KB Pulisher for our company to use as an internal knowledgebase. After i finally got it installed, it works fine on the server, but it appears that clients cannot view the PHP content or browse past the first index page. I will [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  10:48 PM
IIS, Intranet, PHP, PHP scripts

Blocking access to our website based on IP address
How can we block access to our website based on IP address? It is hosted on IIS on a Windows Server 2003 R2 standard.

Answer Question   |  April 21, 2011  2:32 PM
IIS, IIS Server, IP address, Website accessibility, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 Standard R2

IIS ASP.Net reporting tool across multiple domains
We have multiple domains in our forest with multiple websites being hosted in each under IIS.  We need to report on the versions of of ASP.Net for each website for auditing.  Is there a tool that can help (easily) with this?  We are running multiple versions of Windows server also.

Answer Question   |  March 22, 2011  7:34 PM
ASP.NET, IIS, Network management software, Network monitoring, Tools for Auditing and Security

IIS7 – Grant IIS Manager Permissions (SiteAdmin) per Script
Hi, i want to Create WebSites automatically per script and grant a local group as siteadmin. Create site is ok and works fine with appcmd. But can I grant this IIS Manager permission (SiteAdmin) per script (appcmd ?). I don’t found any solution Thanks for Help! Falk

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2011  8:40 AM
IIS, IIS 7.0, IIS 7.0 configuration, IIS authentication, Windows Server 2008

SBS 2008 IIS is showing American date. I need to change it to European
SBS 2008 IIS Default company website is showing American date. I need to change it to European. Can anyone tell me how this is done please Kind Regards Shane

Answer Question   |  February 1, 2011  1:33 PM
IIS, IIS configuration, SBS 2008, SBS 2008 Premium, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2008

Running IIS to make one virtual server
We have four Windows Servers 2003. Running IIS, can we make them all into one virtual server accessible by one ip address?

Answer Question   |  January 26, 2011  5:35 PM
IIS, IIS Server, IP address, Server virtualization, Windows Server 2003, Windows Virtualization

IIS servers Reconfiguration
I’ve got IIS running on 2 servers with one external IP. Running  6.0 on the main and 7.0 on the other. The second server is running SharePoint as well and needs to be accessed from the outside. I could probably change the port 80 on that server and then reconfigure the router but I’d prefer [...]

Answer Question   |  December 16, 2010  4:44 PM
IIS, IIS 6.0, IIS 7.0 configuration, IIS configuration, IIS Server

Backup process for several IIS hosted website
Can we create an automated process for backing up several IIS hosted websites? We want 3 backups spread out over the course of the day and it should also include mySql backups as well.

Answer Question   |  December 13, 2010  3:25 PM
Backup and restore, IIS, IIS Server, MySQL, MySQL backup, Server Backup

VIsual Web Developer 2010 express, c#.net Licencing
Hi All We are planning to develop an web application using ASP.net and code behind as C#.net. For this we are using .net Framework 4.0 and Visual Web developer 2010 edition and database as mysql, server as IIS. I would like to know if there is any licensing issue in developing the above application, since [...]

Answer Question   |  November 23, 2010  5:36 AM
.NET Framework, ASP.NET, C#, IIS, VIsual Web Developer 2010 express

Creating analytical data from IIS website
How can we create analytical data from our IIS website living on a Windows 2008 server? We want to know how many hits we are getting and where they are coming from.

Answer Question   |  November 18, 2010  9:33 PM
IIS, IIS logs, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration

Proper way to take an IIS website down for maintenance
What is the proper way to take an IIS website down for maintenance?

Answer Question   |  November 10, 2010  3:50 PM
IIS, IIS installation, IIS Server, Website maintenance, Website security

Bugzilla installation on IIS Server
Can any One Tell Me The Step To install The Bugzilla Via IIS as server????

Answer Question   |  October 23, 2010  9:13 AM
Bugzilla, IIS, IIS installation, IIS Server, Open source, Open source applications, Windows Vista

Web Hosting strategy – NAT’ing and ARR
I’m looking to develop a new strategy for our web hosting farm. Currently I’ve got  set of standalone IIS 6 web servers and sql 2005 database servers sitting in a network behind a kerio winroute proxy (which handles our nat’ing and intrusion prevention and VPN to our office location) which in turn sit behind a [...]

Answer Question   |  October 18, 2010  10:35 AM
IIS, IIS Server, Netgear switches, Network Address Translation, SQL 2005 Database, SQL Server 2005

In Virtual Directory In IIS
how to Hendel Error like following  The XML page cannot be displayed Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later. ——————————————————————————– A name was started with an invalid character. Error processing resource ‘http://localhost/College_BIPS/Admin/Default.aspx’….

Answer Question   |  November 10, 2010  12:17 PM
C# .NET, IIS, IIS Virtual Directories, Virtual directory, XML

Windows server 2000 with IIS keeps getting hacked
We have a Windows 2000 server with IIS. When we give it a public IP address the system gets hacked almost instantly. Secure passwords full on firewall. How can we prevent this? Is this an exploit I can patch?

Answer Question   |  October 7, 2010  2:27 PM
Exploits, Firewalls, IIS, Public IP, Security in 2010, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server Security

IIS Website starting and stopping
One web site will not start in IIS. The others work. This one starts and then stops. How can I troubleshoot this? Windows Standard R2 2003.

Answer Question   |  November 11, 2010  7:42 PM
IIS, IIS errors, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Windows Server 2003 Standard R2

Securing IIS on a Windows server 2003
How can I harden or configure IIS on a Windows server 2003 to be as secure as possible? It is hosting a admin site and that is all for now. We are running McAfee 8.7.1

Answer Question   |  November 8, 2010  1:46 PM
IIS, IIS configuration, IIS Server, Security in 2010, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 security

Cpanel like solution for Windows servers
Can we install a CPANEL like solution on a Windows shared server for our hosted clients? If so what needs to be purchased, licensed etc.? Any ideas on cost?

Answer Question   |  October 13, 2010  8:33 PM
cpanel, IIS, Windows 2008, Windows Licenses, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller