Internet Information Services 5.0 RC2 Release Notes

ID: Q243196

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0

SUMMARY

The "More Information" section of this article contains contents from the Internet Information Services 5.0 RC2 Release Notes.

MORE INFORMATION

Internet Services

The following sections describe Windows 2000 issues related to Internet services features.

Internet Information Services

To obtain the most recent information about installation, documentation, and other known Internet Information Services (IIS) issues, type the following into the address bar of your browser (or click Start, click Run, and type the following):

file:\\%Systemroot%\Help\Iishelp\Iis\Htm\Core\Readme.htm

Where %systemroot% is your Windows 2000 installation path, including drive and directory (for example, C:\Winnt).

IIS is not installed by default on Windows 2000 Professional. If you cannot view the IIS Release Notes from the link above, you need to install IIS by using Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.

If you previously installed Windows 2000 without IIS, you can install it through Control Panel Add/Remove Programs by clicking the Add/Remove Windows Components button. Do not use the Autorun utility on the Windows 2000 compact disc.

Requiring 128-Bit Encryption on a 56-Bit Server

If you select the Require 128-bit encryption check box on a server that is only capable of 56-bit encryption, users cannot access resources for which this requirement is selected. Even though the Require 128-bit encryption check box is selected, only 56-bit encryption is used. To enable access to these resources, clear the check box.

Using Clustered Host Header Sites

If you are using clustered Web sites with host headers, you must set the ServerAutoStart metabase property type to True for these sites. To set the ServerAutoStart metabase property type to True, type the following at the command prompt:


%SystemDrive%\inetpub\adminscripts\adsutil.vbs set w3svc/<instance id>/ServerAutoStart True

The <instance id> is the instance ID for the virtual host sites that are part of the cluster.

Problems Accessing FrontPage Webs after Upgrading to the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions

If you upgrade to the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions and then experience problems accessing FrontPage Webs, review the permissions for all of your FrontPage Web sites. If any changes are required, update the permissions in FrontPage to ensure that changes are made correctly.

Server Certificate Cannot be Removed and Reassigned after Upgrade

After you upgrade to Windows 2000, you may be unable to remove and reassign your server certificate. This issue is caused by changes in the way that IIS uses server certificates. As a workaround, use the following Visual Basic script to change metabase settings and remove the certificate:


'Set Machinename to the name of the machine or localhost
Set PathObj = GetObject("IIS://" & MachineName & "/w3svc")
PathObj.PutEx 1, "SSLCertHash", ""
PathObj.PutEx 1, "SSLStoreName", ""
PathObj.Setinfo

You can then use the Web Site Certificate wizard in IIS to reassign the certificate. This will be addressed in a future release.

Additional query words: iis

Keywords :
Version : winnt:5.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo