Enabling ASP.NET on a Windows Server 2003 64-bit
I installed 64-bit Windows Server 2003 (R2 with SP2) for the first time this week. Surprisingly, there is no option to enable ASP.NET on IIS even though I have all the .NET frameworks installed and updated. The Add/Remove Windows Component Wizard does not have ASP.NET as an option under Application Server. Neither does the Managing Your Server application. In 32-bit Windows Server, it says Application Server (IIS, ASP.Net) but in 64-bit it is as follows: As it cannot be done through the GUI, I checked up the Help documentation. The documentation says my next task is to enable ASP.NET but I couldn't find any clues on how to do that. Finally I found the instructions hidden in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894435 , an article which really does not apply to my situation as I want a pure 64-bit server. The steps are: a. Install and enable IIS first. Do this through Manage Your Server or Add/Remove Windows Components. b. Run: cscript %SYSTEMDRIVE%\inetp...