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Re: HTTP 404 - File not found

richiebabes99 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:48:10 GMT

I don't know why my question was cryptic - I referenced the 2nd post in the thread which reads:

"Make sure the application pool, IUSR account have permissions to the folder. Also, make sure the ASP.NET module is installed."

I don't know why setting up a database has anything to do with it!

Re: HTTP 404 - File not found

neillray — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:28:05 GMT

Your question is somewhat cryptic, but that never stopped me from coming up with an answer. :-)

A web.config file includes, among other things, the database logon ID and password. I need to install the database (SQL Server 2005) on my local PC and "restore" the data from the online database to the local database. That will establish a clone of the database on my local PC. Then I browse to my local website and see what happens.

Re: HTTP 404 - File not found

richiebabes99 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:22:37 GMT

How do you do those things?

(The things said in the 2nd post of this thread)

Re: HTTP 404 - File not found

neillray — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:26:51 GMT

Thank's for your response. I believe now my problem is not related to IIS. My online application has a database and I have not installed the DB on my local PC, yet. At present, the web.config file refers to a non-existant DB and I get an application-generated error message. Thus, I think the system is trying to come up.

Re: HTTP 404 - File not found

Leo Tang - MSFT — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:10:57 GMT

Hi,

It is IIS5.1 on Windows XP professional for test environment. You can host only one default website on IIS5.1. Have you created a virtual application under the default website with the local path C:/TSV? What's happens, if you browser the page from the computer management(Click the virtual directory->Right-Click the page on the right panel->Click Browser)?

Re: HTTP 404 - File not found

neillray — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:16:33 GMT

I created a 2nd website consisting of one HTML page and was able to browse to it successfully. The problem website, TSV, contains an SQL Server 2005 database on the production site, but I have not installed SQL 2005 on my local PC. Perhaps something in the Web.config file causes the problem.

Re: HTTP 404 - File not found

neillray — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:57:48 GMT

My OS = Windows XP Professional and is current with all updates.

Re: HTTP 404 - File not found

Rovastar — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:21:05 GMT

To start with what OS have you got?

Re: HTTP 404 - File not found

neillray — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:28:47 GMT

Steve,

Thank you so much. It's great to know I am not alone out here. That said, I don't know what an application pool is, nor do I know what a IUSR account is. I can, however, install ASP.net on my PC.

Regards,

Neill

Re: HTTP 404 - File not found

steve schofield — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:37:39 GMT

Make sure the application pool, IUSR account have permissions to the folder. Also, make sure the ASP.NET module is installed.

HTTP 404 - File not found

neillray — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:13:56 GMT

I have a functioning, publicly-hosted website. I FTPed the site to my local computer (C:/TSV) and installed installed it using "Computer Management" as an IIS website. I entered default.aspx as the first file in the Computer Management/properties "Documents" section. When I browse to http://localhost/tsv, I get HTTP 404 - File not found. What am I doing wrong?