Displaying images on IIS7 (& other vista things)
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:23 pm
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
http://peterkellner.net/2008/04/01/iis7imageproblem/ wrote: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.
Also read about hiding UAC prompts, disabling specific security center alerts, and tweaking OEM vista.A comment wrote: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
Yes... the joy of Vista.