Displaying images on IIS7 (& other vista things)

[MarauderIIC]

I work for a small company and after I upgraded to Vista(forced), and installed IIS 7, during which I thought I took all the necessary steps, none of the images in the asp.net page worked. Turns out that the solution is

So, this may seem simple, but for an hour I wrestled with displaying images on IIS7 with vista. ASP.NET worked fine, but no static files, css, jpg’s, gif’s or anything. Just unformatted text.

Turns out when I added the web server in vista, I forgot to check the Static Content checkbox under World Wide Web Services / Common Http Features.

Hope this finds you if you are having the same problem.

2. David Conlisk Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 12:49 am

Thanks for the tip! Saved me some time. For other non-Vista users like myself, here’s how you find that dialog:

Click Start -> Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off

Then drill down into IIS as shown in the image above.
Cheers,
David

Also read about hiding UAC prompts, disabling specific security center alerts, and tweaking OEM vista.

[LeonBlade]

Ugh... I hate Vista...
Windows 7 looks VERY promising (I'm beta testing it)

[Ginto8]

Yes... the joy of Vista.

Though it would be an okay OS if it weren't for incompatibility (with some Microsoft products, if what I've heard is true) and UAC, but it has those...

edit: Though it still wouldn't beat XP SP2.

[LeonBlade]

Windows 7 fixes the UAC BIG TIME!
Vista was a big waste of MY OWN MONEY lol... I was pissed...
There is a SP2 for it in beta, idk what it does...

[MarauderIIC]

I turned off UAC prompts via registry hack.

[LeonBlade]

I just disabled it... lol... hard to find it

[MarauderIIC]

Disabling it disables IE's protected mode, this way is preferred:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/80938 ... level.html