IIS Details

How to Install IIS?

Internet Information server/service is the server for asp.net web based applications-Microsoft server and you must need this server to work on Microsoft application like asp. Only if you have this you can work on asp applications. So, you need to install IIS to learn and work on asp.net applications.

So, I provided the following steps to install IIS.

1.      Check that you have your windows cd with you. (xp or vista) of which your currently using on system.

2.      Now go to control panel – Click Add/Remove Programs.

3.      Inside it on the Left side Tab Select- Add/Remove Window Components.

4.      From the list, check the Box-IIS and click Next.

5.      Now insert your XP cd for it to locate the file of IIS to install. If you have back up of Windows in hard disk you can manually locate from that also.

6.      Now you have installed IIS and you can find its location installed on c://inetpub which has the folders for web and ftp.

Next, configuring IIS:

In order for the IIS to work, you need to configure the server. Below are the easy steps

1.      Right Click- My Computer – Manage – service and application.

2.      Then from the list click on IIS. IIS has 3 folders 1. Web sites, 2. FTP sites, 3.Dfault SMPT.

3.      Now click web sites—default web site.

4.      Right Click on default web site and choose properties.

5.      From property box—click directory security –click EDIT on authentication –choose anonymous access and allow IIS to control password – click OK.

6.      Now you need to check whether your c drive has NTFS file system. If not you must change it to NTFS from your FAT system.

how to change: check this post- FAT to NTFS