How to access IIS 7.5 on Win7 Professional

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I have just purchased a new PC with Win7 Pro 64 bit version.
I want to make use of IIS to set up an at home web site.
I followed instructions for installing IIS by going to Add Program Features menu.
How do I verify that IIS hasw been installed? I cannot find any evidence of it.
I tried accessing the default web site with: “http://localhost/” but did not get connected.
Are there any good references about IIS 7.5 for Win7. Most of internet notes refer to IIS in a server environment.
Thanks for assistance
Norman

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I quite like The Uniform Server for web development. Then if you want to run on IIS you can install it later.

cheers, Paul

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I quite like The Uniform Server for web development. Then if you want to run on IIS you can install it later.

This looks much better for PHP/Apache development than installing PHP on IIS. But for ASP/ASP.Net development, it might make more sense to just run on IIS from the outset. Not sure which will best suit the original poster’s requirements.

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How do I verify that IIS hasw been installed? I cannot find any evidence of it.
I tried accessing the default web site with: “http://localhost/” but did not get connected.

Try running this program: C:WINDOWSsystem32inetsrvinetmgr.exe (a shortcut on the desktop is handy)

If you right-click Default Web Site, you may see Start or Stop. If you see Start, then the IIS service(s) did not autostart.

Next, try right-click and Properties. I chose port 8080 to avoid conflicts, and then access my local site using http://localhost:8080/.

Not sure whether this will help, but it should provide some context for online resources.

== Edit ==

Oh, 64-bit Windows. I don’t know where the IIS Manager exe would be on your system.

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I have just purchased a new PC with Win7 Pro 64 bit version.
I want to make use of IIS to set up an at home web site.
I followed instructions for installing IIS by going to Add Program Features menu.
How do I verify that IIS hasw been installed? I cannot find any evidence of it.
I tried accessing the default web site with: “http://localhost/” but did not get connected.
Are there any good references about IIS 7.5 for Win7. Most of internet notes refer to IIS in a server environment.
Thanks for assistance
Norman

There may be a difference in how you start the IIS Manager on Win7 as opposed to Windows Server but operationally IIS should be the same. I’d start with The Official Microsoft IIS Site[/url]. There are also many links at iis 7.5 – Microsoft TechNet Search.

Joe

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Check your HOSTS file. In Win7, the line that defines localhost to be 127.0.0.1 needs to be uncommented.
Make it look like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost

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