How to: Verify IIS Property Settings
You can set the properties for a Web application using the IIS administration tool. These properties must be set correctly for the application to run, so verifying these settings is often a necessary step in troubleshooting.
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To check IIS settings for the Web application
Open the Administrative Tools window: On the Start menu, point to Programs, and then click Administrative Tools. If Administrative Tools does not appear in the Programs menu, then look for it in the Control Panel.
On Windows 2000, select Internet Services Manager.
On Windows XP, select Internet Information Services.
On Windows Server 2003, double-click Manage Your Server.
The Manage Your Server window opens. Under Application Server, click Manage this application server.
The Application Server window opens. Open the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager node in the left pane.
In the dialog box, click the tree control node for your machine. Click the Web Sites node, and select the Web application's node. It will either be a Web site node, and thus a sibling of the Default Web Site node, or a virtual directory node underneath an existing Web site node.
Right-click the Web application, and on the shortcut menu, click Properties.
Verify the security settings for the Web application:
In the Web application Properties window, click the Directory Security tab, and click Edit.
In the Authentication Methods dialog box, select Enable Anonymous Access and Integrated Windows authentication if they are not already selected.
Click OK to close the Authentication Methods dialog box.
For an ATL Server application, verify that the DEBUG verb is associated with your ISAPI extension. For more information, see How to: Associate DEBUG Verb with Extension.
For an ASP.NET application, make sure the virtual folder for the application has an Application Name set in Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, Internet Services Manager or Internet Information Services.
In the Web application Properties window, select the Directory tab, if the application is in a virtual directory, or the Home Directory tab, if the application is in a Web site.
Verify that the name in the Local path matches the name of the directory where the application was actually deployed.
Under Application Settings, type the name of the root directory that contains the application.
Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.
For an ASP.NET application, click the ASP.NET tab and verify that the correct version of ASP.NET is specified.
Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.
Click OK to close the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, Internet Services Manager, or Internet Information Services dialog box.