Re: Downloading .exe files from an WinXP IIS server.

From: Paul Woodhouse (pwoodhouse@dsl.pipex.com)
Date: 06/30/02 

From: "Paul Woodhouse" <pwoodhouse@dsl.pipex.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 11:18:46 -0700

thnaks Roger, thats fixed it.

Paul Woodhouse

>-----Original Message-----
>Do you have URLscan running? It would have installed as
a
>part of the IIS Lookdown or Security Toolkit if you have
used
>these. Look at the properties of the Web Sites node in
the IIS
>mgmt UI, and see if URLscan shows up as an ISAPI filter.
>If so, locate URLscan.ini and edit it to allow .exe
>
>--
>Roger Abell
>MS MVP (Windows Platform), MCSE, MCDBA
>Associate Expert - Windows XP ExpertZone
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>"Paul Woodhouse" <pwoodhouse@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in
message
>news:11a2b01c2203b$fe69c8a0$37ef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA13...
>> No matter what i try i can't seem to allow website
>> visitors to download .exe from my IIS server via HTTP.
>> The vistor recives a 404 error when attempting to
>> download a .exe file, when the file is present and can
be
>> seen in a directory listing. Can anyone offer a
solution.
>> As far as i can tell this is the only tye of file
>> effected, other files such as imgaes can do viewed with
>> no problems. the annoymous web user account does have
>> read and execute access to the directory in question,
as
>> setup for the folder on the HDD. Any ideas how to fix?
>> The problem is not localised to one directory, but
>> happens wherever the file is placed.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Paul Woodhouse
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

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