Re: IIS 6 testing

From: Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP] (jmaltz_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/27/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 19:40:47 -0500

Hi,

If you have the web site pointing to a folder on your C: drive (i.e,
c:\website) then going to http://localhost/file.html should work.

You cannot create additional web sites on XP Pro or 2000 Pro, I believe
that's what you meant 

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"Bob K." <bob1030@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:aqu%b.413150$xy6.2344148@attbi_s02...
> Hi,
>
> I'm having a problem with IIS in that I can't get it to feed a web page to
> my browser.  A few points:  I'm using XP Pro SP1, I installed IIS from
with
> control panels.  I'm not really sure where the source file should be now
> that I've enabled IIS though so this is problem 1.  I see mention in
various
> articles about creating a virtual drive with my desired web pages in it.
> I'm not sure if this applies to XP as the articles were on W2K.  Plus I
see
> no way to create a virtual drive.  When I do try to open a page with the
> directory using the path http://web/default I get the "cannot find server"
> message.  Web is my folder on C: with my html pages in it.
>
> If I look in the Services area of Computer Management I do see a IIS ADmin
> entry which is "Started".  Under Properties for this I have the Log On tab
> set to Local System account with the Allow service to interact with
desktop
> checked.
>
> I'd appreciate any thoughts on the multitude of things I'm probably doing
> wrong or suggestions for guides on setting IIS up on an XP box.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
>
>

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