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After moving eKtron Site from iis6 to iis7 site is running but some of the links do not work and

Background I moved this site from IIS6 WIN2K3 to WIN2K8R2 IIS7 and the site launches but I'm getting errors on lots of the links/main menu items. Things I have already checked application pool ...
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IIS 404 error where file exists

I have a fresh VPS installation from my provider (Windows 2008 R2, IIS 7.5). The default web site works fine: http://5.9.251.167/ I created a new website, and binding for http://new.ianquigley.com ...
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Cannot serve epub files in IIS6

i am trying to serve epub files in IIS6 (Windows Server 2003), but instead the browser serves a 404 Not Found page. How do i serve EPUB in IIS6? Open the IIS Microsoft Management Console (MMC), ...
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Let IIS 7 return php files as simple html file

I have a virtual server (Windows 2008 R2) with IIS 7.5 and a xxx.php file in one of my websites. This php file contains no php-code and I don't want to install any php-module, I only want the server ...
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IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003: HTTP 404 error on Virtual directory; system cannot find the file specified (win32 status code 2)

Very strange problem. I am running Windows Server 2003, with IIS 6.0. In one of the websites, there are three virtual directories: A, B, and C. For whatever reason, and, from my understanding, ...
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IIS not allowing me to server files with .rdp extension

I am trying to host a .rdp file that will be publically available on the internet (without password, of course). IIS is not letting me use this file - I'm getting a 404 error saying it cannot find ...
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Long file path returning 404 for “hello.htm”

I have a long file path that works on my server, but a simliar path returns a 404 error when it is on my clients (IIS6) server (http://ddmat.com/). Here's the functioning file path on my server: ...
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Should a 404 ever be used in conjunction with a 301-redirect?

I'm working with a hosting company. I need them to setup a 301 redirect for one of my pages. I really care about the ranking on the search engines for this particular page. They claim that in order ...
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IIS Not Finding Page When Network IP is Used

I've got a web page setup in IIS 5. When I navigate to the page using http://localhost/myPageName.html, everything works fine. However when I try to navigate using http://127.0.0.1/myPageName.html or ...
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IIS won't let you download EXE files, reports 404

In my quest to get WSUS updates working I've gotten stuck at this stage. WSUS reports that it cannot download the updates and upon trying via Internet Explorer it reports a 404 error. A txt file in ...
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HTTPS version of page throws 404, regular HTTP appears fine?

I'm having a strange issue with a website in IIS on Windows Server 2003. It has a valid wild card certificate on it, however when I use HTTPS on the page I get a 404 not found. Without HTTPS it shows ...
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IIS6 Sending a 404 for “.exe” files

Recently a bunch of files I had setup for download via IIS6's web server stopped working. They are a number of setup files ending in ".exe" and were working prior to a few months ago. I have the ...
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Why are php files coming up 404 from IIS6 when they work OK the default site?

Usually php on iis will thow 404 errors if the install doesn't go right. However, danielcooper.dyndns.org/u.php works OK, but u.danielcooper.dyndns.org/u.php (different site in IIS, different folder) ...
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ASPX throws “404 The resource cannot be found”

I'm deploying a website under a virtual directory using IIS. For some strange reason, Default.html works, but Default.aspx throws a 404. I have tried these: There's another virtual directory that ...
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robots.txt and other .txt returning 404 on IIS?

We have an IIS site running Dotnetnuke that we took over from another group. We have added a robots.txt file to the root but it returns a 404. Actually any txt file in the root seems to return 404. ...
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IIS Can't Serve Certain File Extension

I'm serving .JSON files, but even though the file exist, IIS keeps throwing 404 error when any of the file is accessed. I tried renaming one of the file to .JS, and it works. Any pointer what setting ...
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Why won't IIS execute my custom 404 page? It tries to serve up the raw source code instead

I'm trying to configure Custom Errors in IIS6. I select the 404 error, set the dropdown to "URL," then enter this as the URL "/404.aspx" When go to: http://mysite.com/no-page-here It finds ...
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Is it possible to configure IIS6 to use a custom 404 without the mmc snapin

I have FTP access to a server and I'd like to have custom 404 pages. I don't have access to the management console or any admin rights on the server whatsoever. I understand that apache can use ...