How to Setup Internet Information Services (IIS) on Windows XP

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If you click on the Configuration button, you will see the Application Configuration. This allows you to change extensions which are run through certain application DLLs. For example, ASP files are run by ASP.DLL which processes the commands and scripting contained in it.

Documents controls the default documents displayed if someone types in address to a folder, e.g. http://www.learnthat.com/courses/

The default document is which files are allowed to be displayed by default if the document name is not directly specified. For example, I always add index.shtml, index.asp, index.html, and default.html to this list to allow them to be defaulted if someone types in a folder name.

The Directory Security tab contains the default security for all of the websites. This typically does not need to be changed.

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