Cannot set up IIS to access htm file with http://localhost/

On my work computer, I was able to click Start/Settings/Control Panel.
Double click on Internet Services Manager. Expand the node right click on
Default Web Site and click properties. I then clicked Home Directory and
entered c:\inetpub\wwwroot in local path and the htm file worked.

On my home computer I clicked Start/Settings/Control Panel/Administrative
Tools but could not find Internet Services Manager. I clicked Services and
found IIS Admin Service which was running. I righted clicked and clicked
properties but did not get the options to set up the directory as my work
computer. Any ideas ?
Both computers have Windows 2000, one may be the Professional version.

Re: Cannot set up IIS to access htm file with http://localhost/

On Oct 30, 3:46 pm, rmcompute
wrote:
> On my work computer, I was able to click Start/Settings/Control Panel.
> Double click on Internet Services Manager. Expand the node right click on
> Default Web Site and click properties. I then clicked Home Directory and
> entered c:\inetpub\wwwroot in local path and the htm file worked.
>
> On my home computer I clicked Start/Settings/Control Panel/Administrative
> Tools but could not find Internet Services Manager. I clicked Services and
> found IIS Admin Service which was running. I righted clicked and clicked
> properties but did not get the options to set up the directory as my work
> computer. Any ideas ?
> Both computers have Windows 2000, one may be the Professional version.



It doesn't look like IIS is installed on your home machine, and you
are not doing the same steps nor looking at the same UI, so you don't
get the same results. You navigated into the Services applet, which
has nothing to do with IIS and hence no such Default Website node,
Properties tab, etc.

On your home computer, please make sure that IIS is fully installed by
going to Control Panel\Add/Remove Programs\Windows Components -- and
install Internet Information Services underneath it. You have only
shown part of IIS is installed.
- "IIS Admin Service" is one component
- "WWW Web Publishing Service" is another component that actually
allows you to serve HTML pages
- "Internet Information Services Snap-In" is the administration UI and
actually adds the "Internet Services Manager" icons to the various
places.

You need to have at least those three components (and other features,
if needed) installed on your home computer to be able to serve web
pages and have the "Internet Services Manager" icon in the places like
your work computer.


//David
http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
//

Re: Cannot set up IIS to access htm file with http://localhost/

Thank you. I tried to re-install the Internet Information Services. It
seemed to be working, but then locks and never completes the installation.
It is possible that the I need to re-install the entire operating system to
correct this problem?

"David Wang" wrote:

> On Oct 30, 3:46 pm, rmcompute
> wrote:
> > On my work computer, I was able to click Start/Settings/Control Panel.
> > Double click on Internet Services Manager. Expand the node right click on
> > Default Web Site and click properties. I then clicked Home Directory and
> > entered c:\inetpub\wwwroot in local path and the htm file worked.
> >
> > On my home computer I clicked Start/Settings/Control Panel/Administrative
> > Tools but could not find Internet Services Manager. I clicked Services and
> > found IIS Admin Service which was running. I righted clicked and clicked
> > properties but did not get the options to set up the directory as my work
> > computer. Any ideas ?
> > Both computers have Windows 2000, one may be the Professional version.
>
>
>
> It doesn't look like IIS is installed on your home machine, and you
> are not doing the same steps nor looking at the same UI, so you don't
> get the same results. You navigated into the Services applet, which
> has nothing to do with IIS and hence no such Default Website node,
> Properties tab, etc.
>
> On your home computer, please make sure that IIS is fully installed by
> going to Control Panel\Add/Remove Programs\Windows Components -- and
> install Internet Information Services underneath it. You have only
> shown part of IIS is installed.
> - "IIS Admin Service" is one component
> - "WWW Web Publishing Service" is another component that actually
> allows you to serve HTML pages
> - "Internet Information Services Snap-In" is the administration UI and
> actually adds the "Internet Services Manager" icons to the various
> places.
>
> You need to have at least those three components (and other features,
> if needed) installed on your home computer to be able to serve web
> pages and have the "Internet Services Manager" icon in the places like
> your work computer.
>
>
> //David
> http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
> http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
> //
>
>

Re: Cannot set up IIS to access htm file with http://localhost/

You want to figure out why it locks and never completes the
installation.

For example, there are personal security products which break/prevent
IIS from installing or running, so if you run those products on re-
installation, IIS still won't work.

Thus, it is best to figure out why it is failing now, so that you know
what the right action should be.

Look inside of: %windir%\IIS5.log for the IIS installation log file.
Also, look inside of: %windir%\setuperr.log for any errors that
happen during Add/Remove Programs.

Please report their contents if you have questions.


//David
http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
//



On Nov 1, 3:01 pm, rmcompute
wrote:
> Thank you. I tried to re-install the Internet Information Services. It
> seemed to be working, but then locks and never completes the installation.
> It is possible that the I need to re-install the entire operating system to
> correct this problem?
>
>
>
> "David Wang" wrote:
> > On Oct 30, 3:46 pm, rmcompute
> > wrote:
> > > On my work computer, I was able to click Start/Settings/Control Panel.
> > > Double click on Internet Services Manager. Expand the node right click on
> > > Default Web Site and click properties. I then clicked Home Directory and
> > > entered c:\inetpub\wwwroot in local path and the htm file worked.
>
> > > On my home computer I clicked Start/Settings/Control Panel/Administrative
> > > Tools but could not find Internet Services Manager. I clicked Services and
> > > found IIS Admin Service which was running. I righted clicked and clicked
> > > properties but did not get the options to set up the directory as my work
> > > computer. Any ideas ?
> > > Both computers have Windows 2000, one may be the Professional version.
>
> > It doesn't look like IIS is installed on your home machine, and you
> > are not doing the same steps nor looking at the same UI, so you don't
> > get the same results. You navigated into the Services applet, which
> > has nothing to do with IIS and hence no such Default Website node,
> > Properties tab, etc.
>
> > On your home computer, please make sure that IIS is fully installed by
> > going to Control Panel\Add/Remove Programs\Windows Components -- and
> > install Internet Information Services underneath it. You have only
> > shown part of IIS is installed.
> > - "IIS Admin Service" is one component
> > - "WWW Web Publishing Service" is another component that actually
> > allows you to serve HTML pages
> > - "Internet Information Services Snap-In" is the administration UI and
> > actually adds the "Internet Services Manager" icons to the various
> > places.
>
> > You need to have at least those three components (and other features,
> > if needed) installed on your home computer to be able to serve web
> > pages and have the "Internet Services Manager" icon in the places like
> > your work computer.
>
> > //David
> >http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
> >http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
> > //- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Re: Cannot set up IIS to access htm file with http://localhost/

Thank you. I re-installed after disconnecting my security software and
checked the error log. It seemed to install successfully but when I double
clicked on Internet Services Manager it wouldn't open. When I close the
computer, it looks for a file mmc.exe.

"David Wang" wrote:

> You want to figure out why it locks and never completes the
> installation.
>
> For example, there are personal security products which break/prevent
> IIS from installing or running, so if you run those products on re-
> installation, IIS still won't work.
>
> Thus, it is best to figure out why it is failing now, so that you know
> what the right action should be.
>
> Look inside of: %windir%\IIS5.log for the IIS installation log file.
> Also, look inside of: %windir%\setuperr.log for any errors that
> happen during Add/Remove Programs.
>
> Please report their contents if you have questions.
>
>
> //David
> http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
> http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
> //
>
>
>
> On Nov 1, 3:01 pm, rmcompute
> wrote:
> > Thank you. I tried to re-install the Internet Information Services. It
> > seemed to be working, but then locks and never completes the installation.
> > It is possible that the I need to re-install the entire operating system to
> > correct this problem?
> >
> >
> >
> > "David Wang" wrote:
> > > On Oct 30, 3:46 pm, rmcompute
> > > wrote:
> > > > On my work computer, I was able to click Start/Settings/Control Panel.
> > > > Double click on Internet Services Manager. Expand the node right click on
> > > > Default Web Site and click properties. I then clicked Home Directory and
> > > > entered c:\inetpub\wwwroot in local path and the htm file worked.
> >
> > > > On my home computer I clicked Start/Settings/Control Panel/Administrative
> > > > Tools but could not find Internet Services Manager. I clicked Services and
> > > > found IIS Admin Service which was running. I righted clicked and clicked
> > > > properties but did not get the options to set up the directory as my work
> > > > computer. Any ideas ?
> > > > Both computers have Windows 2000, one may be the Professional version.
> >
> > > It doesn't look like IIS is installed on your home machine, and you
> > > are not doing the same steps nor looking at the same UI, so you don't
> > > get the same results. You navigated into the Services applet, which
> > > has nothing to do with IIS and hence no such Default Website node,
> > > Properties tab, etc.
> >
> > > On your home computer, please make sure that IIS is fully installed by
> > > going to Control Panel\Add/Remove Programs\Windows Components -- and
> > > install Internet Information Services underneath it. You have only
> > > shown part of IIS is installed.
> > > - "IIS Admin Service" is one component
> > > - "WWW Web Publishing Service" is another component that actually
> > > allows you to serve HTML pages
> > > - "Internet Information Services Snap-In" is the administration UI and
> > > actually adds the "Internet Services Manager" icons to the various
> > > places.
> >
> > > You need to have at least those three components (and other features,
> > > if needed) installed on your home computer to be able to serve web
> > > pages and have the "Internet Services Manager" icon in the places like
> > > your work computer.
> >
> > > //David
> > >http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
> > >http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
> > > //- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
>
>

Re: Cannot set up IIS to access htm file with http://localhost/

If your computer is missing mmc.exe, then it will not open any
Administrative tools, including IIS Manager UI.

Please check in the "Services" applet from Control Panel that you
have:
- IIS Admin Service running
- World Wide Web Publishing Service running

And when you run NETSTAT.EXE -ano from the commandline you see
something like:

Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
PID
TCP 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
****

And when you look in Task Manager you see **** match the PID for
inetinfo.exe


If you see all those things, then IIS is installed and running, even
if the UI portion is broken because you have problems with MMC.EXE on
your computer.

I don't have a suggestion on how to fix your MMC.EXE problem -- my
feeling is that your computer is corrupted/infected with something and
that you have other problems outside of setting up IIS. Failure to set
up IIS is simply pointing out some problems with your computer.


//David
http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
//




On Nov 2, 11:26 pm, rmcompute
wrote:
> Thank you. I re-installed after disconnecting my security software and
> checked the error log. It seemed to install successfully but when I double
> clicked on Internet Services Manager it wouldn't open. When I close the
> computer, it looks for a file mmc.exe.
>
>
>
> "David Wang" wrote:
> > You want to figure out why it locks and never completes the
> > installation.
>
> > For example, there are personal security products which break/prevent
> > IIS from installing or running, so if you run those products on re-
> > installation, IIS still won't work.
>
> > Thus, it is best to figure out why it is failing now, so that you know
> > what the right action should be.
>
> > Look inside of: %windir%\IIS5.log for the IIS installation log file.
> > Also, look inside of: %windir%\setuperr.log for any errors that
> > happen during Add/Remove Programs.
>
> > Please report their contents if you have questions.
>
> > //David
> >http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
> >http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
> > //
>
> > On Nov 1, 3:01 pm, rmcompute
> > wrote:
> > > Thank you. I tried to re-install the Internet Information Services. It
> > > seemed to be working, but then locks and never completes the installation.
> > > It is possible that the I need to re-install the entire operating system to
> > > correct this problem?
>
> > > "David Wang" wrote:
> > > > On Oct 30, 3:46 pm, rmcompute
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > On my work computer, I was able to click Start/Settings/Control Panel.
> > > > > Double click on Internet Services Manager. Expand the node right click on
> > > > > Default Web Site and click properties. I then clicked Home Directory and
> > > > > entered c:\inetpub\wwwroot in local path and the htm file worked.
>
> > > > > On my home computer I clicked Start/Settings/Control Panel/Administrative
> > > > > Tools but could not find Internet Services Manager. I clicked Services and
> > > > > found IIS Admin Service which was running. I righted clicked and clicked
> > > > > properties but did not get the options to set up the directory as my work
> > > > > computer. Any ideas ?
> > > > > Both computers have Windows 2000, one may be the Professional version.
>
> > > > It doesn't look like IIS is installed on your home machine, and you
> > > > are not doing the same steps nor looking at the same UI, so you don't
> > > > get the same results. You navigated into the Services applet, which
> > > > has nothing to do with IIS and hence no such Default Website node,
> > > > Properties tab, etc.
>
> > > > On your home computer, please make sure that IIS is fully installed by
> > > > going to Control Panel\Add/Remove Programs\Windows Components -- and
> > > > install Internet Information Services underneath it. You have only
> > > > shown part of IIS is installed.
> > > > - "IIS Admin Service" is one component
> > > > - "WWW Web Publishing Service" is another component that actually
> > > > allows you to serve HTML pages
> > > > - "Internet Information Services Snap-In" is the administration UI and
> > > > actually adds the "Internet Services Manager" icons to the various
> > > > places.
>
> > > > You need to have at least those three components (and other features,
> > > > if needed) installed on your home computer to be able to serve web
> > > > pages and have the "Internet Services Manager" icon in the places like
> > > > your work computer.
>
> > > > //David
> > > >http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
> > > >http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
> > > > //- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Re: Cannot set up IIS to access htm file with http://localhost/

Thanks for the response. I was able to open all of the administrative tools
except Internet Services Manager and Personel Web Manager. When I double
click on them, they don't do anything. I checked the Services applet from
the control panel and it indicated:
Status
IIS Admin Service Started
world Wide Web Publishing Service Starting

I could not use the o parameter, but when I ran NETSTAT.EXE -an from the
commandline, I did see what you indicated along with a lot of other items:

TCP 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING

I looked in the Task Manager and saw inetinfo.exe with a PID of 1584.

Anyway I appreciate the help, if you think of anything else, let me know.
P.S. I run the antivirus software weekly and hadn't noticed anything. Is
it possible to re-install the entire operating system to address the MMC.EXE
issue? I tried re-installing just the IIS service, but got the same thing.


"David Wang" wrote:

> If your computer is missing mmc.exe, then it will not open any
> Administrative tools, including IIS Manager UI.
>
> Please check in the "Services" applet from Control Panel that you
> have:
> - IIS Admin Service running
> - World Wide Web Publishing Service running
>
> And when you run NETSTAT.EXE -ano from the commandline you see
> something like:
>
> Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
> PID
> TCP 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
> ****
>
> And when you look in Task Manager you see **** match the PID for
> inetinfo.exe
>
>
> If you see all those things, then IIS is installed and running, even
> if the UI portion is broken because you have problems with MMC.EXE on
> your computer.
>
> I don't have a suggestion on how to fix your MMC.EXE problem -- my
> feeling is that your computer is corrupted/infected with something and
> that you have other problems outside of setting up IIS. Failure to set
> up IIS is simply pointing out some problems with your computer.
>
>
> //David
> http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
> http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
> //
>
>
>
>
> On Nov 2, 11:26 pm, rmcompute
> wrote:
> > Thank you. I re-installed after disconnecting my security software and
> > checked the error log. It seemed to install successfully but when I double
> > clicked on Internet Services Manager it wouldn't open. When I close the
> > computer, it looks for a file mmc.exe.
> >
> >
> >
> > "David Wang" wrote:
> > > You want to figure out why it locks and never completes the
> > > installation.
> >
> > > For example, there are personal security products which break/prevent
> > > IIS from installing or running, so if you run those products on re-
> > > installation, IIS still won't work.
> >
> > > Thus, it is best to figure out why it is failing now, so that you know
> > > what the right action should be.
> >
> > > Look inside of: %windir%\IIS5.log for the IIS installation log file.
> > > Also, look inside of: %windir%\setuperr.log for any errors that
> > > happen during Add/Remove Programs.
> >
> > > Please report their contents if you have questions.
> >
> > > //David
> > >http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
> > >http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
> > > //
> >
> > > On Nov 1, 3:01 pm, rmcompute
> > > wrote:
> > > > Thank you. I tried to re-install the Internet Information Services. It
> > > > seemed to be working, but then locks and never completes the installation.
> > > > It is possible that the I need to re-install the entire operating system to
> > > > correct this problem?
> >
> > > > "David Wang" wrote:
> > > > > On Oct 30, 3:46 pm, rmcompute
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > On my work computer, I was able to click Start/Settings/Control Panel.
> > > > > > Double click on Internet Services Manager. Expand the node right click on
> > > > > > Default Web Site and click properties. I then clicked Home Directory and
> > > > > > entered c:\inetpub\wwwroot in local path and the htm file worked.
> >
> > > > > > On my home computer I clicked Start/Settings/Control Panel/Administrative
> > > > > > Tools but could not find Internet Services Manager. I clicked Services and
> > > > > > found IIS Admin Service which was running. I righted clicked and clicked
> > > > > > properties but did not get the options to set up the directory as my work
> > > > > > computer. Any ideas ?
> > > > > > Both computers have Windows 2000, one may be the Professional version.
> >
> > > > > It doesn't look like IIS is installed on your home machine, and you
> > > > > are not doing the same steps nor looking at the same UI, so you don't
> > > > > get the same results. You navigated into the Services applet, which
> > > > > has nothing to do with IIS and hence no such Default Website node,
> > > > > Properties tab, etc.
> >
> > > > > On your home computer, please make sure that IIS is fully installed by
> > > > > going to Control Panel\Add/Remove Programs\Windows Components -- and
> > > > > install Internet Information Services underneath it. You have only
> > > > > shown part of IIS is installed.
> > > > > - "IIS Admin Service" is one component
> > > > > - "WWW Web Publishing Service" is another component that actually
> > > > > allows you to serve HTML pages
> > > > > - "Internet Information Services Snap-In" is the administration UI and
> > > > > actually adds the "Internet Services Manager" icons to the various
> > > > > places.
> >
> > > > > You need to have at least those three components (and other features,
> > > > > if needed) installed on your home computer to be able to serve web
> > > > > pages and have the "Internet Services Manager" icon in the places like
> > > > > your work computer.
> >
> > > > > //David
> > > > >http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
> > > > >http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
> > > > > //- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
>
>