ASP.NET, IIS4 and NT4.0

[miranog]

Hi guys,

this is the problem I have. If anybody has a solution or a hint, I will really appreciate it.
I have installed Visual Studio .Net on Windows 2000 Pro, and when I tried to connect to NT4.0 to my IIS site, it doesn't work. I can see the site and create the projects and manipulate all the files, but files with .aspx extension doesn't work. I later installed Component Update to NT4.0 from Visual Studio .Net to update Front Page Server extensions, but to no improvement. Any ideas?


Thanks in advance.

[robtaylor]

If I understand correctly...

If your NT4 box hosts your IIS server, then that machine will need to have the .NET framework installed to it. This is because when a request is made to IIS for a web page with the extension .ASPX, the .NET framework ASP.NET extension (DLL) takes control and processes the request. Without the .NET framework installed, there is not ASP.NET extension.

Hope this helps.

[miranog]

Thanks for your reply.
Actually, the things are much more simpler, as I found it in the .NET documentation:

"The Web server must be running Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows .NET Server. Computers running Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT 4.0 are not supported."

and

"The Web server must be running Internet Information Services (IIS) version 5.0 or 6.0. For details, see Setup\WebServer.htm on Visual Studio .NET CD1 or DVD. "

So I guess, I'll just have to ditch NT 4.0 and set up a web server on a different machine. Thanks for your help anyway. Cheers.