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IIS7.0 to IIS6.0

So after months of work I load the project on the clients computers after months of them assuring me they run windows server 2008. It's not is 2003 and so IIS6.0. Does anyone have an easy way to downgrade my web.config to IIS6.0? currently I get Parser Error Message: Unrecognized attribute 'type'. sectionGroup name="system.web.extens...

Is there a practical HTTP Header length limit?

I have a web application that adds contextual information to XmlHttpRequest objects using the setRequestHeader API. I am using a custom header name (e.g. X-Foo) and a JSON structured value. It isn't part of the URL QueryString or POST body because it is meta information about the request. Is there a practical size limit to the header ...

Microsoft.Web.Administration.ServerManager can't read config sections containing encrypted passwords in applicationHost.config

I have some sites in IIS7 that are configured to run as domain users (MYDOMAIN\someuser). I'm using the Microsoft.Web.Administration namespace to scan my server configuration, but it's throwing an exception when I hit one of these "impersonator" sites: using (ServerManager sm = new ServerManager()) { foreach (Site site in sm.Sites)...

How can one programmatically reorder Handler Mappings in IIS7?

We have an installation that creates a handler mapping for a website. Using the IIS7 Admin pack, I've come up with some jscript that sets this up successfully. However, our developers have the requirement that this particular handler mapping be at the top of the ordered list of handler mappings. I discovered that you get to this view ...

How to upgrade IIS 6 web app, so it opens in visual studio on machine running IIS 7.

My web apps created in VS 2008 on Windows Server 2003, refuse to open in VS 2008 on Windows Server 2008. "The Web Application project 'MyProjectName' is configured to use IIS. To access local IIS Web sites, you must install the following IIS components: IIS 6 Metabase and IIS 6 Configuration Compatibility Authentication". I want noth...

High CPU on w3wp

I've deployed a .NET website to a 2008 (IIS7) server and the site seems to fly for up to 30-50 concurrent users. When load testing it the site comes to a grinding halt sometime after 100 concurrent users. Page loads go from 1.5 seconds to 90+ w3wp hits 100% and stays that way until I stop the load test. SQL on the other hand idles at...

IIS 7.0 Integrated Mode- Default Document is not working.

I have very starnge behaviour of my site. I have used IIS 7.0 Integrated mode for that. But the problem is its not working like followig default document is not working. Its works fine when i type www.xyz.com/default.aspx its works fine. But when i used simple www.xyz.com then its not working. What should be the problem.. I have mappe...

C# - NetUseAdd from NetApi32.dll on Windows Server 2008 and IIS7

I am attemping to use NetUseAdd to add a share that is needed by an application. My code looks like this. [DllImport("NetApi32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)] internal static extern uint NetUseAdd( string UncServerName, uint Level, IntPtr Buf, out uint ParmError); ... USE_INFO_2 info = new U...

Getting URL Routing to work with ASP.NET MVC on IIS 7

I am trying to deploy a test ASP.NET MVC site to a site hosted on the Rackspace Cloud (essentially just the default site you get when you create a new ASP.NET MVC Web App in Visual Studio). ASP.NET MVC does not appear to be installed so I have deployed the System.Web.Mvc.dll to the bin folder. Now, when I access /Default.aspx I get the...

Why does my site use the IUSR account when configured for pass-through authentication?

I have an IIS7 website that is set to run in its own application pool. The application pool is configured as: Managed Pipeline Mode: Integrated Identity: I_siteuser (account is member of IIS_IUSRS) The website physical path is: d:\websites\testsite\www and the account I_siteuser has modify permissions on the folder. If I set the websi...

What exactly do I need to do to host a WCF service in IIS 7.0 using netTcpBinding?

Hello Everyone: I've been trying for more than a week without any success at all, to host a very simple HelloWorld-like wcf service using netTcpBinding. With http, everything is ok. I can access my service even from a remote machine. But with tcp problems arise. I have performed all the steps I'm supposed to, in order to host my servi...

Web App Performance Problem

I have a website that is hanging every 5 or 10 requests. When it works, it works fast, but if you leave the browser sit for a couple minutes and then click a link, it just hangs without responding. The user has to push refresh a few times in the browser and then it runs fast again. I'm running .NET 3.5, ASP.NET MVC 1.0 on IIS 7.0 (Win...

domain redirect without changing url

Hi, I'm building a sitebuilder project. The database and all other ASP.NET code is ready but I don't know how to handle domain names, because I will have only one site in IIS7 but more than a hundred sites are gonna publish from my site. (Like the sitebuilder you can find on the internet.) When users go the page, ex: www.myname1.com, it ...

IIS7 Compression Failure

I'm having issues with IIS7's static compression. I've read some of the other posts, and I'm out of options. Here's what I have: In the applicationHost.config, I've set up: <httpCompression directory="%SystemDrive%\inetpub\temp\IIS Temporary Compressed Files" staticCompressionDisableCpuUsage="100"> <scheme name="gzip" dll="...

Password Protect a directory using IIS 7 Digest Authentication

This may just be my misunderstanding of the subject, but I would hope to find a simple answer. I run a web server for my own use, among many reasons just so I have a domain name to reference my network at home. I just deployed Sever 2008 Enterprise thanks to acquiring a MS charity license. It's so much better than the IIS 5 on XP setup...

AJAX on localhost using IIS and php and MySQL

I am trying AJAX for the first time on my localhost. I am using IIS and PHP with MySQL. This error is generated: "A HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found" when I try this javascript command: xmlhttp.send(null); xmlhttp is a varable and is used to retrieve the GetXmlHttpObject ...

Exception Handling in IIS7 Integrated Pipeline Mode

I have an application hosted on IIS7 running in Integrated mode. I'm handling errors by putting the following into Web.config: <httpErrors errorMode="DetailedLocalOnly" existingResponse="Replace" defaultResponseMode="ExecuteURL" defaultPath="/Error.aspx"> <remove statusCode="500" /> <error statusCode="500" path="/Error....

Request Filtering/URL rewriting with IIS7 - not working

I cannot get the URL rewriting module to work on my local PC (vista x86) i set up a new rule using the 'user friendly url' template. a picture rather than 1000 words.... (the image contains 3 shots - creation, config and pattern test) http://www.sk8loc8.com/rewriteIssue.jpg so now that is setup if i request 'localhost/iisrewriteurl/...

SMTP not working in windows 7

How can I get SMTP to work on Windows 7 (developer box). I used to just be able to turn it on for a windows XP box. Is SMTP not included on windows 7? If so, what can I use instead as a free relay mechanism. ...

IIS7 hangs on AuthenticateRequest state in the module WindowsAuthentication

Hello All, I am running an ASP.NET application with a custom module registered under IIS7. Until two days back, everything was running fine. Now I notice that the requests started to hang at the AuthenticateRequest state and in the WindowsAuthentication module. My custom module intercepts at the BeginRequest state and processes the req...