Getting Access to IIS Console?

[Mick_Dugan]

Not sure if this is the place to post this, but here goes.

Below is the text from the VB help files

To correct Web access problems resulting from NTFS file-system conversion

Open the IIS Console and right-click the server you want to inspect.
On the shortcut menu, expand All Tasks and select Check Server Extensions.
After repairing the server extensions, expand the server node and right-click your project folder.
On the shortcut menu, expand All Tasks and select Permissions Wizard.
Follow the directions in the wizard, selecting the security settings you want for your application.
Restart your computer.

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My question is: How do I get to the IIS Console in the first place?

TIA

Mick Dugan

[bakedjake]

My question is: How do I get to the IIS Console in the first place?

You'd have to be local to the machine or have some sort of remote session access (VNC, RPC through Enterprise Manager, Terminal Services - NOT FTP).

If you're hosting on a shared machine, chances are unlikely you'll get this sort of access. Ask your host to do it for you.

[Mick_Dugan]

Thanks for the answer Jake, but could you dumb it down for me a bit?

I'm getting this message when I attempt to create a web application in VB.Net. I don't belong to any network at all, I just have a stand alone PC. The same thing is happening on my home PC as well. Not sure if the presence of MS FrontPage on my C drive has anything to do with it or not. Any ideas?

Regards,

Mick Dugan

[mattur]

IIS console refers to the "Internet Information Services" program found in Control Panel -> Administrative Tools on XP. On 2000 it's called the "Internet Services Manager". HTH.

[bakedjake]

Mick,

Not sure if FrontPage will let you run WebApps. You may need to install Win2000 or XP so you'll have a full version of IIS.

[Mick_Dugan]

Mattur, Thanks for the feed back. When I go to my control panel in XP under administrative tools, my choices are:

Component Services
Computer Management
Data Sources
Event Viewer
Microsoft.NET Framework config
Microsoft.NET Framework wizards
Performance
Services

I tried opening them all, but nothing presents itself as an obvious choice. I know I'm comming off as the hopeless newbie here, but I'm at a loss. Any further ideas?

Regards,

Mick Dugan

[mattur]

ooh, suddenly thought: if you are using XP home you cannot install IIS on it. You have to use XP Pro.

If it's XP Pro, have you installed IIS (Control Panel -> Add Programs -> Add/Remove Windows Components), and logged on as an administrator?

[macrost]

mattur is correct, I just upgraded to xp pro so that I can have a local dev environment. That is the only thing that you can do, or install windows 2000 pro for IIS and stability.
BTW, I just found out that it seems that cdosys is the native mail component in xp pro, still haven't been able to get it working! ;)

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