How To Start IIS On Windows XP Pro? (a newbie asks)
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From: Ted on 10 Oct 2005 16:26 hi, that's basically the long and short of my question right there. i know about clicking the windows components button and i've restarted my desktop since then but i still can't view http://www.localhost and http://www.localhostnorthwind anyone care to opine? thanks, -ted
From: "Tom Kaminski [MVP]" <tomk mvps on 10 Oct 2005 16:40 "Ted" <Ted(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6F013B59-C862-45CF-868B-3C89B0D2AD7F(a)microsoft.com... > hi, > > that's basically the long and short of my question right there. > > i know about clicking the windows components button and i've restarted my > desktop since then but i still can't view http://www.localhost and > http://www.localhostnorthwind > > anyone care to opine? Look in the Services control panel applet and either manually start the World Wide Web Publishing service or set it to automatic. Alternatively, at a command prompt type "net start w3svc". Are you sure that's the problem? -- Tom Kaminski IIS MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/centers/iis/ http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ http://www.iistoolshed.com/ - tools, scripts, and utilities for running IIS
From: Ted on 10 Oct 2005 17:11 no, tom, i'm not sure that's the problem; i'm getting this suggestion from a tech'n at a software vendor. i used your command prompt idea and those two addresses still fail to respond to the helm. perhaps i need to reboot the desktop? -ted "Tom Kaminski [MVP]" wrote: > "Ted" <Ted(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:6F013B59-C862-45CF-868B-3C89B0D2AD7F(a)microsoft.com... > > hi, > > > > that's basically the long and short of my question right there. > > > > i know about clicking the windows components button and i've restarted my > > desktop since then but i still can't view http://www.localhost and > > http://www.localhostnorthwind > > > > anyone care to opine? > > Look in the Services control panel applet and either manually start the > World Wide Web Publishing service or set it to automatic. Alternatively, at > a command prompt type "net start w3svc". > > Are you sure that's the problem? > > -- > Tom Kaminski IIS MVP > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/centers/iis/ > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ > http://www.iistoolshed.com/ - tools, scripts, and utilities for running IIS > > >
From: Ken Schaefer on 10 Oct 2005 21:27 Hi, http://localhost (not http://www.localhost) is predefined in Windows. That points to the local machine. Neither http://localhostnorthwind nor http://www.localhost are defined "out of the box" in Windows. So unless you manually add these entries to your HOSTS file, or add entries for these names to your DNS servers, they will not resolve. I would try http://localhost and see if that works. Cheers Ken "Ted" <Ted(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:507B0C95-2E81-402C-9F37-E3F81F601C56(a)microsoft.com... : no, tom, i'm not sure that's the problem; i'm getting this suggestion from a : tech'n at a software vendor. i used your command prompt idea and those two : addresses still fail to respond to the helm. perhaps i need to reboot the : desktop? : : -ted : : "Tom Kaminski [MVP]" wrote: : : > "Ted" <Ted(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message : > news:6F013B59-C862-45CF-868B-3C89B0D2AD7F(a)microsoft.com... : > > hi, : > > : > > that's basically the long and short of my question right there. : > > : > > i know about clicking the windows components button and i've restarted my : > > desktop since then but i still can't view http://www.localhost and : > > http://www.localhostnorthwind : > > : > > anyone care to opine? : > : > Look in the Services control panel applet and either manually start the : > World Wide Web Publishing service or set it to automatic. Alternatively, at : > a command prompt type "net start w3svc". : > : > Are you sure that's the problem? : > : > -- : > Tom Kaminski IIS MVP : > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/centers/iis/ : > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ : > http://www.iistoolshed.com/ - tools, scripts, and utilities for running IIS : > : > : >
From: "Tom Kaminski [MVP]" <tomk mvps on 11 Oct 2005 08:42
"Ken Schaefer" <kenREMOVE(a)THISadOpenStatic.com> wrote in message news:exJG0LgzFHA.1252(a)TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... > Neither http://localhostnorthwind nor http://www.localhost are defined > "out > of the box" in Windows. So unless you manually add these entries to your > HOSTS file, or add entries for these names to your DNS servers, they will > not resolve. Good catch Ken! -- Tom Kaminski IIS MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/centers/iis/ http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ http://www.iistoolshed.com/ - tools, scripts, and utilities for running IIS |