RE: Problems with Virtual Server 2005 Installation

From: Pandurang Nayak (npandurang_AT_blr_DOT_cognizant_DOTcom_NOSPAM)
Date: 03/08/05


Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 07:59:01 -0800

Mark,

I tried doing what you suggested.

But I seem to get a plain 403 no matter what I do. I even tried changing
permissions, etc.

Nothing seems to be working.

Regards,
Pandu

"Mark Whitby" wrote:

>
> We were experiencing some problems with being unable to access the admin
> site which were fixed by making the following changes in the registry on the
> virtual server:
>
> Find HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\HTTP\Parameters
>
> and add two DWORD's
>
> MaxFieldLength 0x0000FFFE (65534)
> MaxRequestBytes 0x00020000 (131072)
>
> No guarantees, but it did fix the problem for us.
>
> Regards,
> Mark.
>
> "Pandurang Nayak" wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am trying to run Virtual Server 2005 on a Windows 2003 Server system. I
> > initially had trouble getting the installation program to realize that I was
> > running IIS 6.0 and it kept denying creation of virtual site. I got the
> > latest build and this was bypassed.
> >
> > Now after installation, when I browse to the website, it pops up user
> > credentials. I gave it a local administrative account (and tried many other
> > accounts too) - but it keeps throwing back a HTTP 401 error message.
> >
> > Things I tried already:
> > 1. I checked out the posts that mentioned the Launch permissions to be given
> > to the Virtual Server DCOM object. Did that. In fact, my screen looked a
> > little different that most of those in the posts - not sure why. I don't get
> > a Remote Activation checkbox at all.
> > 2. I tried allowing all unrecognized ISAPI and CGI applications in IIS.
> > Didn't help.
> > 3. I tried changing to Anonymous Access, Basic Authentication, etc. Didn't
> > work.
> >
> > I guess there is some problem with IIS being able to launch .exe
> > (vswebapp.exe is the CGI application that is to be run).
> >
> > Any pointers?
> >
> >
> > --
> > blog: pandurang.thinkingMS.com



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