Can't find IIS in Computer Management window

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Royce Fickling

I am trying to create a virtual directory using IIS. When
I open the Computer Management window and expand the
Services and Applications node, there is no Internet
Information Services node. I seem to remember doing this a
year or so ago with no problem. I am running Windows 2000
SP4, Internet Explorer SP1 Vers 6.0.2800.1106, and .NET
Framework Vers 1.1.4322. I have been through the IIS
installation process with no errors. Three machines with
Windows 2000 SP4 and a laptop with Windows XP have the
same problem. If anyone can help me with this puzzling
problem, I would appreciate it.
 
There are 2 ways to make a virtual directory for IIS.

The easiest way is to just right click the folder in question and choose
Sharing & Security. Select the Web Sharing tab and then choose "Share this
folder.". The default permissions are usually all set and you can specify
an alias for this folder if you wish.

The other way is to do it from IIS directly. IIS should be listed in
Computer Services, but it can be access directly by choosing the Internet
Information Services icon from Control Panel...Administrative Tools.

If you are not seeing IIS in Computer Managment and you don't have an IIS
icon in Admin. Tools, then I would say that IIS is probably not installed or
installed correctly. Look to see if you have a folder called:
C:\InetPub\WWWRoot. This is the IIS root web folder.

If you need to install IIS, you can do this from the Add/Remove Programs
area under Windows Components.
 
Thanks, Scott, for your help.
Yes, I have a C:\Inetpub\wwwroot with a number of web applications under
it which all run correctly. So, I can create the virtual directory by
the 1st method which you describe. However, there is no IIS node or
icon in Computer Managment or anywhere else, so I cannot do it by your
2nd method. I don't understand - what am I missing?
 
If you installed IIS after the OS install, maybe the console file does not have the IIS snapin enabled.

Ok, open up computer management , but do it from Start, Run enter in mmc and hit OK

Now click Console menu item, and check recent files for <drive>:\winnt\system32\compmgmt.msc or just go find the management console.

You should now be in author mode for the console.

Click Console, Add/Remove Snapin

Click the Add button, and scroll down to "Internet Information Systems" snapin. If you do not see this listed as I have it quoted, just look through all the I entries. If you STILL don't see it, you do not have a good IIS install.

This info was off of W2K W2K3 might be different.
 
But would this explain why there is no IIS icon in Admin. Tools? He should
be able to access IIS on its own without having to go into Computer
Management.


bob said:
If you installed IIS after the OS install, maybe the console file does not have the IIS snapin enabled.

Ok, open up computer management , but do it from Start, Run enter in mmc and hit OK

Now click Console menu item, and check recent files for
Click to expand...
You should now be in author mode for the console.

Click Console, Add/Remove Snapin

Click the Add button, and scroll down to "Internet Information Systems"
Click to expand...
snapin. If you do not see this listed as I have it quoted, just look
through all the I entries. If you STILL don't see it, you do not have a
good IIS install.
 
When I enter http://localhost in my browser, a window titled 'Welcome to
Windows 2000 Internet Services' is displayed with the message "You do
not currently have a default document set for your users. Any users
attempting to connect to this site are currently receiving an "Under
Construction page"." And I am logged on as administrator.
 
When I run MMC from the Start button, I get a window with only a Console
Root node and nothing else.
 
Ok, well this indicates that you do, in fact, have IIS installed.

Are you working on a corporate network or is this a home (personal)
computer?
 
At this point, I would suggest backing up the web sites you have in the
wwwroot folder and uninstalling IIS through the Add/Remove Programs, do a
reboot, and then reinstall it.

You will need your Windows CD to do this and you will need to re-create the
virtual directories that you had prior to the uninstall so that you can just
copy the web sites back to those folders.
 
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