IIS installation problems - help

[jetar]

Hey all,

I just got a new computer with XP Pro installed and all the bells and whistles. The IIS component however was not installed at the factory. So by going through add/remove programs -> add/remove windows components and checking IIS I went ahead and installed it. It asked for the XP Pro SP 1 disk upon install and I gave it my OS disk which has SP 1 on it.

Everything appeared to install fine, but then when I went to Computer Management and tried to expand the IIS "tree" to get at my default web site and such, Computer Management froze up on me. So I rebooted and attempted to get in again, with the same outcome. So I went ahead and uninstalled IIS, rebooted, and then reinstalled it.

Now with this fresh install I tried to get to IIS again, and I was able to. So then I went ahead and setup a web and ftp site and everything was working fine. So now at this point I install Visual Studio .NET, everything goes fine and I reboot. Now this is when things start acting funny. Upon reboot everything appears to come up fine, but I notice that my network connection is not up and I am unable to open any programs and it looks like the hard drive is humming away. After about 5 mins, up pops my network connections and everything else I was trying to open in the interim. So I reboot and it does it again and now not to mention I cant get into IIS again.

So I uninstall IIS and reboot and everything starts up perfectly, network conections and all, no 5 minute delay or anything. So just to double check, I go ahead and reinstall IIS, reboot and again I have the 5 minute delay with the network connection showing up. Uninstall IIS and everything comes up as normal.

A little background on the system: I am using Norton Antivirus and Norton Personal Firewall (I have tried to give IIS all internet access rights in the firewall, but this the first time I have used personal firewall so I may be missing something)

So in all I am trying to avoid formatting the hard drive and was wondering if anyone has had anything like this happen before? Thanks!

 

[123456programmer]

why not using Apache 1.3?

 

[mixedchip]

Sounds like the same problem I had, if so you cant access folder properties

for any sub folders. IIS is a snap-in service for the Microsoft Management

Console, which controls access to directories and files through

Authentication, IIS permissions and NTFS permissions which determines who

may access the resources on your site and your computer (treats your

computer as if it were a site) by controlling network policies. IIS is not

normally used on a standalone computer or networked in a worgroup, but is

primarily for serveres or computers in a Domain as if they have an Active

Directory (NT 4.0 or Windows 2000). There in lies the problem. If your

network was installed before IIS services the policies and permissions vary

and are not set properly for access to the MMC and all the snap-in

services. The simplist resolution is to goto System Properties and select

Computer name tab. Select Network ID button and run the Network

Identification wizard. Set your network up as a Domain and complete the

wizard. This will reset and assign the appropriate policies and

permissions for MMC and IIS services. If you wish you can use the Change

button in the Computer Name tab to change back to a workgroup and the

permissions will still remain for MMC and IIS.(if you installed the

documentation with IIS and MMC you will find help in Windows\Help\iis.chm)

and mmc.chm.