iis virgin needs help

I'm about to start a course on asp programming. No problem, I thought, I
have Win/XP Pro and that's running IIS. Unfortunately, I don't seem to be
getting anywhere and don't know where to start sorting the problem out. I
have absolutely no experience of IIS, so am totally stuck!

IIS appears to be running and I can get in to the IIS admin console. In
there is a definition for the "default web site" that describes itself as
"stopped". Any attempt to start it gives me an error:

"The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely
fashion."

I've checked my services and I note that the World Wide Web Publishing
service is stuck in "starting". I checked my event logs and don't see
anything in there that might tell me why. I checked the dependant services
(IIS Admin, Remote Procedure Call and Security Accounts Manager) all of
which are shows as started.

If I go to my browser and type in "http://localhost/hello.htm" I get a
"cannot find server" error. I am assuming that this has something to do with
the World Wide Web Publishing error??? (Same error if I try
"http://127.0.0.1/hello.htm") I have to say that I'm am not entirely sure
what my ip address is. ipconfig /all returns:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DBYNXL0J
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Network Bridge:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MAC Bridge Miniport
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 52-51-15-DF-C6-3E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.196.62
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

I've assumed the my ip address is the 169.254.196.62 address... is that
correct?

Can anyone suggest why IIS isn't letting me in to my web pages? How do I get
WWW Publishing started and will that fix the problem?

Many thanks
Steve Barnett

My PC is Windows/XP Pro SP1 + patches. It also has Visual Studio.Net
installed, if that makes a difference. IIS reports itself as being version
5.1.

Dave
Sun Aug 01 07:44:20 CDT 2004

the 169.254.*.* autoconfigure ip address means you don't have a network
connection and windows is assigning itself an address. i am not sure how
iis would respond to this. but that is what the ip address means anyway.

"Steve Barnett" <nospam@here.please> wrote in message
news:euGzKD8dEHA.2908@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I'm about to start a course on asp programming. No problem, I thought, I
> have Win/XP Pro and that's running IIS. Unfortunately, I don't seem to be
> getting anywhere and don't know where to start sorting the problem out. I
> have absolutely no experience of IIS, so am totally stuck!
>
> IIS appears to be running and I can get in to the IIS admin console. In
> there is a definition for the "default web site" that describes itself as
> "stopped". Any attempt to start it gives me an error:
>
> "The service did not respond to the start or control request in a
timely
> fashion."
>
> I've checked my services and I note that the World Wide Web Publishing
> service is stuck in "starting". I checked my event logs and don't see
> anything in there that might tell me why. I checked the dependant services
> (IIS Admin, Remote Procedure Call and Security Accounts Manager) all of
> which are shows as started.
>
> If I go to my browser and type in "http://localhost/hello.htm" I get a
> "cannot find server" error. I am assuming that this has something to do
with
> the World Wide Web Publishing error??? (Same error if I try
> "http://127.0.0.1/hello.htm") I have to say that I'm am not entirely sure
> what my ip address is. ipconfig /all returns:
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DBYNXL0J
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
> Ethernet adapter Network Bridge:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MAC Bridge Miniport
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 52-51-15-DF-C6-3E
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.196.62
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>
> I've assumed the my ip address is the 169.254.196.62 address... is that
> correct?
>
> Can anyone suggest why IIS isn't letting me in to my web pages? How do I
get
> WWW Publishing started and will that fix the problem?
>
> Many thanks
> Steve Barnett
>
> My PC is Windows/XP Pro SP1 + patches. It also has Visual Studio.Net
> installed, if that makes a difference. IIS reports itself as being version
> 5.1.
>
>

Steve
Sun Aug 01 14:56:35 CDT 2004

Ok, progress. I managed to start IIS and display an asp page!

What I've done is disable my firewall (Norton Personal Firewall) then net
stop iisadmin, net start iisadmin and net start w3svc. This gave me a
functioning IIS system that was capable of displaying web pages. I couldn't
shut it down (w3svc would not stop) but it's better than nothing.

If I reenable the firewall once everything is started, I then can't display
pages again.

Anyone know of any problems with Norton Personal Firewall and IIS?
Obviously, I would rather not run without a firewall, as I'm bound to do
something stupid and connect to the net without enabling it sometime!

Thanks
Steve


"Steve Barnett" <nospam@here.please> wrote in message
news:euGzKD8dEHA.2908@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I'm about to start a course on asp programming. No problem, I thought, I
> have Win/XP Pro and that's running IIS. Unfortunately, I don't seem to be
> getting anywhere and don't know where to start sorting the problem out. I
> have absolutely no experience of IIS, so am totally stuck!
>
> IIS appears to be running and I can get in to the IIS admin console. In
> there is a definition for the "default web site" that describes itself as
> "stopped". Any attempt to start it gives me an error:
>
> "The service did not respond to the start or control request in a
timely
> fashion."
>
> I've checked my services and I note that the World Wide Web Publishing
> service is stuck in "starting". I checked my event logs and don't see
> anything in there that might tell me why. I checked the dependant services
> (IIS Admin, Remote Procedure Call and Security Accounts Manager) all of
> which are shows as started.
>
> If I go to my browser and type in "http://localhost/hello.htm" I get a
> "cannot find server" error. I am assuming that this has something to do
with
> the World Wide Web Publishing error??? (Same error if I try
> "http://127.0.0.1/hello.htm") I have to say that I'm am not entirely sure
> what my ip address is. ipconfig /all returns:
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DBYNXL0J
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
> Ethernet adapter Network Bridge:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MAC Bridge Miniport
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 52-51-15-DF-C6-3E
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.196.62
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>
> I've assumed the my ip address is the 169.254.196.62 address... is that
> correct?
>
> Can anyone suggest why IIS isn't letting me in to my web pages? How do I
get
> WWW Publishing started and will that fix the problem?
>
> Many thanks
> Steve Barnett
>
> My PC is Windows/XP Pro SP1 + patches. It also has Visual Studio.Net
> installed, if that makes a difference. IIS reports itself as being version
> 5.1.
>
>

jeff
Sun Aug 01 21:44:59 CDT 2004

On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 20:56:35 +0100, "Steve Barnett"
<nospam@here.please> wrote:

>Ok, progress. I managed to start IIS and display an asp page!
>
>What I've done is disable my firewall (Norton Personal Firewall) then net
>stop iisadmin, net start iisadmin and net start w3svc. This gave me a
>functioning IIS system that was capable of displaying web pages. I couldn't
>shut it down (w3svc would not stop) but it's better than nothing.
>
>If I reenable the firewall once everything is started, I then can't display
>pages again.
>
>Anyone know of any problems with Norton Personal Firewall and IIS?

Norton does, check the Norton support options. Disable script
blocking if you intend to run ASP.

Jeff

>Obviously, I would rather not run without a firewall, as I'm bound to do
>something stupid and connect to the net without enabling it sometime!
>
>Thanks
>Steve
>
>
>"Steve Barnett" <nospam@here.please> wrote in message
>news:euGzKD8dEHA.2908@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> I'm about to start a course on asp programming. No problem, I thought, I
>> have Win/XP Pro and that's running IIS. Unfortunately, I don't seem to be
>> getting anywhere and don't know where to start sorting the problem out. I
>> have absolutely no experience of IIS, so am totally stuck!
>>
>> IIS appears to be running and I can get in to the IIS admin console. In
>> there is a definition for the "default web site" that describes itself as
>> "stopped". Any attempt to start it gives me an error:
>>
>> "The service did not respond to the start or control request in a
>timely
>> fashion."
>>
>> I've checked my services and I note that the World Wide Web Publishing
>> service is stuck in "starting". I checked my event logs and don't see
>> anything in there that might tell me why. I checked the dependant services
>> (IIS Admin, Remote Procedure Call and Security Accounts Manager) all of
>> which are shows as started.
>>
>> If I go to my browser and type in "http://localhost/hello.htm" I get a
>> "cannot find server" error. I am assuming that this has something to do
>with
>> the World Wide Web Publishing error??? (Same error if I try
>> "http://127.0.0.1/hello.htm") I have to say that I'm am not entirely sure
>> what my ip address is. ipconfig /all returns:
>>
>> Windows IP Configuration
>>
>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DBYNXL0J
>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>
>> Ethernet adapter Network Bridge:
>>
>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MAC Bridge Miniport
>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 52-51-15-DF-C6-3E
>> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>> Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.196.62
>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>>
>> I've assumed the my ip address is the 169.254.196.62 address... is that
>> correct?
>>
>> Can anyone suggest why IIS isn't letting me in to my web pages? How do I
>get
>> WWW Publishing started and will that fix the problem?
>>
>> Many thanks
>> Steve Barnett
>>
>> My PC is Windows/XP Pro SP1 + patches. It also has Visual Studio.Net
>> installed, if that makes a difference. IIS reports itself as being version
>> 5.1.
>>
>>
>

Steve
Mon Aug 02 05:15:23 CDT 2004

I checked the Norton site but found nothing that seems to mirror what I'm
seeing.

Guess I'll have to live with the problem and shelve my thoughts of getting
broadband - after all, I can't go broadband if I'm going to be stopping the
firewall every five minutes.

Thanks anyway
Steve


"Jeff Cochran" <jeff.nospam@zina.com> wrote in message
news:410faa88.1008523670@msnews.microsoft.com...
> On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 20:56:35 +0100, "Steve Barnett"
> <nospam@here.please> wrote:
>
> >Ok, progress. I managed to start IIS and display an asp page!
> >
> >What I've done is disable my firewall (Norton Personal Firewall) then net
> >stop iisadmin, net start iisadmin and net start w3svc. This gave me a
> >functioning IIS system that was capable of displaying web pages. I
couldn't
> >shut it down (w3svc would not stop) but it's better than nothing.
> >
> >If I reenable the firewall once everything is started, I then can't
display
> >pages again.
> >
> >Anyone know of any problems with Norton Personal Firewall and IIS?
>
> Norton does, check the Norton support options. Disable script
> blocking if you intend to run ASP.
>
> Jeff
>
> >Obviously, I would rather not run without a firewall, as I'm bound to do
> >something stupid and connect to the net without enabling it sometime!
> >
> >Thanks
> >Steve
> >
> >
> >"Steve Barnett" <nospam@here.please> wrote in message
> >news:euGzKD8dEHA.2908@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> I'm about to start a course on asp programming. No problem, I thought,
I
> >> have Win/XP Pro and that's running IIS. Unfortunately, I don't seem to
be
> >> getting anywhere and don't know where to start sorting the problem out.
I
> >> have absolutely no experience of IIS, so am totally stuck!
> >>
> >> IIS appears to be running and I can get in to the IIS admin console. In
> >> there is a definition for the "default web site" that describes itself
as
> >> "stopped". Any attempt to start it gives me an error:
> >>
> >> "The service did not respond to the start or control request in a
> >timely
> >> fashion."
> >>
> >> I've checked my services and I note that the World Wide Web Publishing
> >> service is stuck in "starting". I checked my event logs and don't see
> >> anything in there that might tell me why. I checked the dependant
services
> >> (IIS Admin, Remote Procedure Call and Security Accounts Manager) all of
> >> which are shows as started.
> >>
> >> If I go to my browser and type in "http://localhost/hello.htm" I get a
> >> "cannot find server" error. I am assuming that this has something to do
> >with
> >> the World Wide Web Publishing error??? (Same error if I try
> >> "http://127.0.0.1/hello.htm") I have to say that I'm am not entirely
sure
> >> what my ip address is. ipconfig /all returns:
> >>
> >> Windows IP Configuration
> >>
> >> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DBYNXL0J
> >> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> >> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> >> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> >> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> >>
> >> Ethernet adapter Network Bridge:
> >>
> >> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> >> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MAC Bridge Miniport
> >> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 52-51-15-DF-C6-3E
> >> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> >> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> >> Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.196.62
> >> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
> >> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> >>
> >> I've assumed the my ip address is the 169.254.196.62 address... is that
> >> correct?
> >>
> >> Can anyone suggest why IIS isn't letting me in to my web pages? How do
I
> >get
> >> WWW Publishing started and will that fix the problem?
> >>
> >> Many thanks
> >> Steve Barnett
> >>
> >> My PC is Windows/XP Pro SP1 + patches. It also has Visual Studio.Net
> >> installed, if that makes a difference. IIS reports itself as being
version
> >> 5.1.
> >>
> >>
> >
>

Steve
Mon Aug 02 08:08:46 CDT 2004

Sorted. For some reason, IIS was set to "block all" in the firewall
definitions. I've reset it to "automatic" and things are working again.

I've also set-up batch files for starting, stopping and restarting IIS, so
should be able to only start it when I need it.

Steve


"Steve Barnett" <noname@nodomain.com> wrote in message
news:OOsnwmHeEHA.3680@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> I checked the Norton site but found nothing that seems to mirror what I'm
> seeing.
>
> Guess I'll have to live with the problem and shelve my thoughts of getting
> broadband - after all, I can't go broadband if I'm going to be stopping
the
> firewall every five minutes.
>
> Thanks anyway
> Steve
>
>
> "Jeff Cochran" <jeff.nospam@zina.com> wrote in message
> news:410faa88.1008523670@msnews.microsoft.com...
> > On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 20:56:35 +0100, "Steve Barnett"
> > <nospam@here.please> wrote:
> >
> > >Ok, progress. I managed to start IIS and display an asp page!
> > >
> > >What I've done is disable my firewall (Norton Personal Firewall) then
net
> > >stop iisadmin, net start iisadmin and net start w3svc. This gave me a
> > >functioning IIS system that was capable of displaying web pages. I
> couldn't
> > >shut it down (w3svc would not stop) but it's better than nothing.
> > >
> > >If I reenable the firewall once everything is started, I then can't
> display
> > >pages again.
> > >
> > >Anyone know of any problems with Norton Personal Firewall and IIS?
> >
> > Norton does, check the Norton support options. Disable script
> > blocking if you intend to run ASP.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > >Obviously, I would rather not run without a firewall, as I'm bound to
do
> > >something stupid and connect to the net without enabling it sometime!
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >"Steve Barnett" <nospam@here.please> wrote in message
> > >news:euGzKD8dEHA.2908@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > >> I'm about to start a course on asp programming. No problem, I
thought,
> I
> > >> have Win/XP Pro and that's running IIS. Unfortunately, I don't seem
to
> be
> > >> getting anywhere and don't know where to start sorting the problem
out.
> I
> > >> have absolutely no experience of IIS, so am totally stuck!
> > >>
> > >> IIS appears to be running and I can get in to the IIS admin console.
In
> > >> there is a definition for the "default web site" that describes
itself
> as
> > >> "stopped". Any attempt to start it gives me an error:
> > >>
> > >> "The service did not respond to the start or control request in a
> > >timely
> > >> fashion."
> > >>
> > >> I've checked my services and I note that the World Wide Web
Publishing
> > >> service is stuck in "starting". I checked my event logs and don't see
> > >> anything in there that might tell me why. I checked the dependant
> services
> > >> (IIS Admin, Remote Procedure Call and Security Accounts Manager) all
of
> > >> which are shows as started.
> > >>
> > >> If I go to my browser and type in "http://localhost/hello.htm" I get
a
> > >> "cannot find server" error. I am assuming that this has something to
do
> > >with
> > >> the World Wide Web Publishing error??? (Same error if I try
> > >> "http://127.0.0.1/hello.htm") I have to say that I'm am not entirely
> sure
> > >> what my ip address is. ipconfig /all returns:
> > >>
> > >> Windows IP Configuration
> > >>
> > >> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DBYNXL0J
> > >> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> > >> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> > >> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> > >> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> > >>
> > >> Ethernet adapter Network Bridge:
> > >>
> > >> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> > >> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MAC Bridge Miniport
> > >> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 52-51-15-DF-C6-3E
> > >> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> > >> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> > >> Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.196.62
> > >> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
> > >> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> > >>
> > >> I've assumed the my ip address is the 169.254.196.62 address... is
that
> > >> correct?
> > >>
> > >> Can anyone suggest why IIS isn't letting me in to my web pages? How
do
> I
> > >get
> > >> WWW Publishing started and will that fix the problem?
> > >>
> > >> Many thanks
> > >> Steve Barnett
> > >>
> > >> My PC is Windows/XP Pro SP1 + patches. It also has Visual Studio.Net
> > >> installed, if that makes a difference. IIS reports itself as being
> version
> > >> 5.1.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
>
>