Having a hard
time finding IIS 6.0 (Internet Information Services) on Windows
Vista? IIS 6.0 comes bundled with Vista but it is disabled
by default. To have it enabled first go to Start,
All Programs - if you do not see Administrative
Tools (not there by default) you must go and turn
it on. You can do this by:
- Right click
on your taskbar
- Select Properties
- Select start menu
- Select customize
- In Customize Start Menu scroll all the way down
to last option "System Administrative Tools" and
change from "Don't display this item"
to "Display on the All Programs Menu and the
Start Menu"
Now that you have administrative
tools under your programs menu see if your IIS is listed there.
If you do not see IIS continue:
1. Click start
and control panel.
2. In Control Panel click Programs
and Features then click Turn on or off Windows features
on the left hand side.
3. Here is
a list of all your windows features, scroll to Internet
Information Services.
If you select Internet Information
Services all sub services will also be installed. Click on
the plus sign next to it to select which service(s) you wish
to install.
There is also a command line that
will do all the above steps in one shot. Beware that all services
under IIS will be installed when using the command line:
1. Go to Start, Programs,
Accessories, Command Prompt
2. start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HttpErrors;IIS-HttpRedirect;IIS-ApplicationDevelopment;IIS-ASPNET;IIS-NetFxExtensibility;IIS-ASP;IIS-CGI;IIS-ISAPIExtensions;IIS-ISAPIFilter;IIS-ServerSideIncludes;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-HttpTracing;IIS-CustomLogging;IIS-ODBCLogging;IIS-Security;IIS-BasicAuthentication;IIS-WindowsAuthentication;IIS-DigestAuthentication;IIS-ClientCertificateMappingAuthentication;IIS-IISCertificateMappingAuthentication;IIS-URLAuthorization;IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-IPSecurity;IIS-Performance;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;IIS-ManagementConsole;IIS-ManagementScriptingTools;IIS-ManagementService;IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility;IIS-Metabase;IIS-WMICompatibility;IIS-LegacyScripts;IIS-LegacySnapIn;IIS-FTPPublishingService;IIS-FTPServer;IIS-FTPManagement;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;WAS-NetFxEnvironment;WAS-ConfigurationAPI
You're done.
To access IIS 6.0 go to Start, Programs,
Administrative Tools, IIS Manager.
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