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HTTP 404 error while trying to browse web site created on IIS 7.5

hi,

I am completely newbie with IIS. I have Win2008 with IIS 7.5 installed. I can start "Default Web Site" via IIS Manager GUI , but I get "HTTP 404 error - webpage cannot be found" while trying to browse it. What webpage is expected ? I have index.htm & default.aspx under c:\inetpub\wwwroot ... Also , I am not sure where to look for the logs. What is the best way to troubleshoot? Thanks for you help!

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Are you sure you are accessing you website through out the good port? Check in your IIS configuration for your default web site, maybe it is not set to port 80 (which should be the default).

Also, many other programs like Skype may use this port already and IIS is not able to activate the website because the port is already in use.

You should try to set the IIS default website port to something else than 80.

Give it a try!

dutertimes  2010-09-17 17:31:05
Thanks for quick response! I tried 88 ,got the same error ...
 2010-09-17 18:13:23
the site starts ok , and I see
 2010-09-17 18:13:44
C:\inetpub\wwwroot>netstat -anActive Connections Proto Local Address Foreign Address State TCP 0.0.0.0:88 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING TCP 0.0.0.0:135 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
 2010-09-17 18:14:20
However, I still get HTTP 404 error while trying to browse it
 2010-09-17 18:15:19
did you check in the IIS logs (inetpub/logs/logfiles) ? did the IIS welcome screen poped up f=with localhost:88?
dutertimes  2010-09-17 18:18:54
it may be a firewall issue
dutertimes  2010-09-17 18:19:20
port 88 is not a "standard" port known, maybe windows firewall is blocking it...
dutertimes  2010-09-17 18:19:47
no. I get the same error on both 80 and 88 ports. Site starts on both ports , I see 80/88 port listening on netstat output but I cannot browse it ( http 404 error - webpage cannot be found ). Also , I see NO logs under c:\inetpub\logs
 2010-09-17 18:47:35
maybe your account do not have enough access to c:inetpub folder...
dutertimes  2010-09-17 19:31:43
I just added full access to my user for inetpub folder. still no logs. and no success to browse web site :((
 2010-09-17 19:48:44

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