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Where is the IIS Manager?

This question regards the answer given to Sept 11, 2003 question about the error: "Visual Studio .NET has detected that the specified Web server is not running ASP.NET version 1.1. You will be unable to run ASP.NET Web applications or services." DATE ASKED: 11 September 2003 ANSWERED BY: Daniel Cazzulino

If you're using Windows 2003, this happens when the IIS Web Services Extensions are not enabled. Open the IIS manager, select the Web Service Extensions node, then select ASP.NET v1.1.4322 and click the Allow button. Do the same for the FrontPage Server Extensions 2002. Note that both are disabled by default in this OS, unlike Windows 2000.

My question is perhaps very basic, but I'm new to programming. Where can I find IIS Manager (I have installed IIS already but can't find this function.) Thank you.
It's in Start -> All Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Internet Information Services.

This was first published in February 2004

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