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How to Configure
IIS for Windows Vista
IIS stands for the Internet Information
Server and it is web server software for the Windows
based operating systems. IIS includes HTTP, FTP, search
engine and support for writing web based applications.
In this article you will learn that how to install
and configure the IIS in Widows Vista. From a developer’s
perspective one of the first things to install on
the Windows Vista is IIS. IIS is very easy to administer
and it can be used with the web based applications
that are developed in the ASP.
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In Windows Vista, Go to the control panel
> click programs and click “Turn Windows features
on”. After clicking on the Internet information services
you will see a lot of options such as FTP publishing services,
World Wide Web services, Application development features,
common http features and security. After selecting the required
services and components from this menu click ok.
Now to make sure that if the IIS is successfully installed
on your computer or not open your browser and type http://localhost/
and if you see a page like the following then your installation
is successful.
Click here
to Enlage
Configurations
After installing the IIS successfully the
next step is to configure it according to your requirements.
Start IIS Manager console, right click the default website
node.
Next step is to click on create virtual
directory menu.
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