Setting IIS properties on Windows XP Professional IIS

[Nathan Sokalski]

I am using IIS on Windows XP Professional, and would like to know where to
specify what the default web pages should be (as well as where to set other
settings). I want to make the index.html page come up when the user puts in
the directory, but right now a file called localstart.asp which was already
in the directory comes up. I know that there is a place where I specify
these things, but I do not know where (I just started playing with XP's IIS
a day ago). I would also like to know where to specify other settings. If
anyone can help me, I would appreciate it. Thank you.

 

[Paul Russell]

Go to control panel, Administration tools and open the Internet Information
Services tool

The default folder path for the webroot is \inetpub\wwwroot

You can adjust/change/add/remove settings through the IIS tool.

The help content with the tool is very thorough to help you with setting up
the things you mention below

 

[Paul Russell]

to add to this, you need to ensure you have installed IIS.


to do so go to the control panel, Add/Remove and select Add/Remove Windows
components

In the component list, you will see "Internet Information Service (IIS)" ..
select it and go to "details"

Make sure you select the IIS Snap-In and the World Wide Web Service

(consult the IIS help documentation if you need further details on the
various other options you can install)

After installing IIS run Windows Update to ensure you get the latest IIS
security updates.