If you are a developer using ASP.NET, one of the first things you'll want to install on Vista is IIS (internet information server). Keep in mind that your version of Vista may not come with IIS. I'm using Vista Ultimate edition.
First, go to Control Panel, and then click on Programs. You'll see a link for "Turn Windows features on or off"
If you expand the Internet Information Services tree node, you can see that there are a lot of options beneath it. You will probably want to explore these options, because even if you click on IIS, some of the necessary options for doing development aren't checked.
Once you've gone ahead and checked the items you want, and clicked OK, you'll see this dialog for a while….
Now when you navigate in your browser to localhost, you'll see the new default page… slick!
2 comments:
I tried this method and had a problem,
after the setup, when I go to local host (i may be doing this wrong)
I get a page that says,
"Server Error in Application "Default Web Site"
HTTP Error 404.4 - Not Found
Description: The resource you are looking for does not have a handler associated with it.
Error Code: 0x80070002
Notification: MapRequestHandler
Module: IIS Web Core
Requested URL: http://localhost:80/
Physical Path: C:\inetpub\wwwroot
Logon User: Anonymous
Logon Method: Anonymous
Handler: Not yet determined"
The title of this page is Install ISS in Vista, but all the instructions are about IIS. What is the difference? I was told to see if I had ISS (Internet Service System, or so I was told) on my Vista to use instead of Apache. Whereas you write about Internet Information Server. Have I been told the right information and are we talking about the same thing?
Thanks!
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