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Hi ... Can someone explain to me a step by step in how to
do this ... Like where is this IIS Manager ???
"HTTP Error 404 - File or Directory not found" error
message when you request dynamic content with IIS 6.0
Applies To
This article was previously published under Q315122
SYMPTOMS
When you request dynamic content such as an Active Server
Pages (ASP) page, an ASP.NET page, an Internet Services
API (ISAPI) application, or a Common Gateway Interface
(CGI) application on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003
server that is running Internet Information Services
(IIS) 6.0, you may receive the following error message:
HTTP Error 404 - File Not Found
-or-
HTTP Error 404- File or Directory not found
CAUSE
By default, when IIS is installed on any version of the
Windows Server 2003 family, IIS only serves static
content (HTML).
RESOLUTION
To permit IIS to serve dynamic content, the administrator
must unlock this content in the Web service extensions
node in IIS Manager. To do this, the administrator must
either enable a pre-existing Web service extension or add
a new Web service extension.
Enable a Pre-existing Web Service Extension in IIS 6.0
To permit IIS to serve content that requires a specific
ISAPI or CGI extension that is already listed in the Web
service extensions list, follow these steps:
Open IIS Manager, expand the master server node (that is,
the Servername node), and then select the Web service
extensions node.
In the right pane of IIS Manager, right-click the
extension that you want to enable. In this example, this
is Active Server Pages.
Click to select the Allow check box.
Add a New Web Service Extension to IIS 6.0
To permit IIS to serve content that requires a specific
ISAPI or CGI extension that is not already listed in the
Web service extensions list, follow these steps:
Open IIS Manager, expand the master server node, and then
select the Web service extensions node.
In the right pane of the IIS Manager, click Add a new Web
service extension under Tasks.
In the Extension name box, type a friendly name for the
extension that you want to add (for example, FrontPage
Server Extensions).
In the Required files box, click Add, and then select the
path and the name of the file that will handle requests
for the specific extension. After you select the path and
the file name, click OK.
If the extension must be enabled immediately, click to
select the Set extension status to allowed check box.
Click OK to save your changes.
do this ... Like where is this IIS Manager ???
"HTTP Error 404 - File or Directory not found" error
message when you request dynamic content with IIS 6.0
Applies To
This article was previously published under Q315122
SYMPTOMS
When you request dynamic content such as an Active Server
Pages (ASP) page, an ASP.NET page, an Internet Services
API (ISAPI) application, or a Common Gateway Interface
(CGI) application on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003
server that is running Internet Information Services
(IIS) 6.0, you may receive the following error message:
HTTP Error 404 - File Not Found
-or-
HTTP Error 404- File or Directory not found
CAUSE
By default, when IIS is installed on any version of the
Windows Server 2003 family, IIS only serves static
content (HTML).
RESOLUTION
To permit IIS to serve dynamic content, the administrator
must unlock this content in the Web service extensions
node in IIS Manager. To do this, the administrator must
either enable a pre-existing Web service extension or add
a new Web service extension.
Enable a Pre-existing Web Service Extension in IIS 6.0
To permit IIS to serve content that requires a specific
ISAPI or CGI extension that is already listed in the Web
service extensions list, follow these steps:
Open IIS Manager, expand the master server node (that is,
the Servername node), and then select the Web service
extensions node.
In the right pane of IIS Manager, right-click the
extension that you want to enable. In this example, this
is Active Server Pages.
Click to select the Allow check box.
Add a New Web Service Extension to IIS 6.0
To permit IIS to serve content that requires a specific
ISAPI or CGI extension that is not already listed in the
Web service extensions list, follow these steps:
Open IIS Manager, expand the master server node, and then
select the Web service extensions node.
In the right pane of the IIS Manager, click Add a new Web
service extension under Tasks.
In the Extension name box, type a friendly name for the
extension that you want to add (for example, FrontPage
Server Extensions).
In the Required files box, click Add, and then select the
path and the name of the file that will handle requests
for the specific extension. After you select the path and
the file name, click OK.
If the extension must be enabled immediately, click to
select the Set extension status to allowed check box.
Click OK to save your changes.