IIS7 Upgrade from IIS5.1 with out URLScan

I assume, after upgrading your IIS5.1 box, which was happily hosting your personal web site for last 5 years, to IIS7.0, no more works. Not to worry, check the following few things and you should be able to get back working web site again.

 

Keeping security threat in mind, we have taken some security steps to prevent any malicious attack by the “not so good internet citizens” on your box. If you did not have URLScan installed with your IIS5.1, then on upgrade, IIS services will be disabled. You can start IIS Admin UI (inetmgr.exe) and a pop up should appear with the right set information on why and what services are disabled and how to enable them. The same set of services will also be disabled if you had Front Page Server Extensions installed on your XP install. Mainly the following services will be disabled.

 

1>     World Wide Publishing Service (w3svc)

2>     IIS Admin Service (iisadmin)

3>     Microsoft FTP Service (msftpsvc)

 

You can simply go to services.msc (start > services.msc) and enable the above mentioned services first and then start them OR simply type the following lines in a command prompt

 

SC CONFIG <service name> start= demand

NET START <service name>

 

You can use RequestFiltering module in IIS7.0 in the place of UrlScan tool and configure your server appropriately.

2 Comments

  • RE: Help Needed with Windows Integrated Authentication

    Hello,

    I run a small website, don't have a server but found your page after (mostly likely uselessly) installing MS AuthDiag.msi to try to...

    ... figure out why I can't seem to get XP Home or Frontpage 2003 or Expression Web to ever remember my author login user/pass.

    From talking to my hosting co, looks like its a problem on my end for my site has WIA active on their end. Below is the thread on this at a web-authoring forum

    Q: Do I need to/can even install IIS5.1 or 7 to diagnose and fix the problem?

    I rarely use IE7, but it's hooked into FP and EW. From what I understand, I have to set something in XP to do so, but have found no how-to so far.

    Perhaps a shot in the dark Q since I'm not a pro IT person, but figured I'd try.
    Thank you.

    ~ Philip S. Knight

    "Server Auto-Login Possible?" Thread
    http://www.frontpagewebmaster.com/m-382468/tm.htm#382468

  • Addendum:

    The FrontPageWebmaster site just did a server switch and they had to go back a week on all postings, etc. So that thread of mine was vaporized.

    Sorry about that, but out of my control :)

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