What happen?
Encountered this problem on my VPC (Virtual PC), Windows 2003, IIS 6.0.
When I try to view default.asp or default.aspx file, nothing seems to work.
The error returned in the browser was:
Encountered this problem on my VPC (Virtual PC), Windows 2003, IIS 6.0.
When I try to view default.asp or default.aspx file, nothing seems to work.
The error returned in the browser was:
HTTP Error 404 - File or Directory not found.
Search the web and found this useful site from microsoft which explains why it happen and the solution: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315122
What's the problem?
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 one of the following error messages:
- Error message 1
HTTP Error 404 - File Not Found - Error message 2
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).
The Solution?
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.
For more information on this, refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315122
