Everyone, thanks for the help. I would have replied sooner, but, oh wow, what a bad week :(
Asha, your item # 3 was exactly the problem. I did not have the IIS 6 compatibility stuff installed. I didn't realize that was important... Strange that it's required to make the connector work with IIS 7. Meh. new technology. Jason's link to the article at communitymx also details the process with screenshots on page 2. Thanks, everybody. On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:18 AM, asha kasala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Looks like coldfusion couldn't configure IIS properly during > installation.Could you please check the following: > 1)Check if IIS is started in services and port 80(or any port on which IIS > is running)is not being used by any other process. > 2)Goto controlpanel->Administrative tools->IIS manager and check the site > to which you are configuring to (say Default Website ) is running. > 3)Goto controlpanel->Programs and Features->Turn Windows features on or off > under IIS ->Web Management Tools select all check boxes under IIS6 > Management Compatibility. > > Please restart IIS after that and try configuring IIS through wsconfig. > > If you have any further queries please mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks, > Asha. > > > > >Hey all, > > > >I'm running Vista Ultimate 64 bit. I installed IIS 7, which seems to work > >fine, then I installed ColdFusion 8, the new 64 bit version. Installation > >seemed to go fine, but when it tried to run the CF Admin setup program - > you > >know, when it runs it for the first time it takes a couple minutes to > >initialize the server - I get an IIS 7 403 error: > > > >HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found > >The page you are requesting cannot be served because of the extension > >configuration. If the page is a script, add a handler. If the file should > be > >downloaded, add a MIME map. > > > >Fair enough, right? I checked IIS and there's no CFM file handler, or > >connector, or anything. Ok, next step then is to run the Web Server Config > >Tool. The connector list is empty. When I try to add my IIS server to the > CF > >connectors, it doesn't let me pick my IIS web site (because it found > none), > >and the OK button is disabled. > > > >Anybody have any troubleshooting advice before I switch to Apache? I would > >really rather use IIS7. > > > >-- > >nathan strutz > >http://www.dopefly.com/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:305551 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
