[dba-Tech] Getting Nowhere Fast with IIS

If you are using WinXP Pro maybe this will help; then again maybe not.

There is a networking diagnostic that might help on Win XP
 From Start In the Help Console click "Networking and the Web"
 ---> "Fixing a Network problem or Web Problem" then
 ---> "Diagnose network configuration and run automated tests". then scan
and check Network Adapters for errors, especially in something like
 Intel(R) Pro/100 VE NetWork Connection (Passed) or (Failed)
 and then also WINS Host LookupFile

Arthur Fuller wrote:

> The saga of rebuilding all my software setup continues. Currently I 
> can't make IIS work. http://localhost goes nowhere. I've examined the 
> IIS settings for default web site and can't see anything amiss. I 
> created a very simple page and put it in wwwroot. Do I have to 
> specifically name it as the default page? If so, how? I thought 
> calling it default.htm was enough.
>  
> Everything used to work before I nuked the disk and reformatted it and 
> began resinstalling everything. I have two boxes with similar setups, 
> both running winXP. On one of them, typing http://localhost brings up 
> a page called localstart.asp, which says that the web service is 
> running but that I have no default web page. On the other box, 
> http://localhost just gives me Page cannot be opened..
>  
> Any suggestions, people?
> TIA
> Arthur
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