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MikeHanson 
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Posted: 20 January 2004 at 4:48pm |
Hi,
I'm trying to activate iis on a win xp laptop. Installation using the control panel->add programs->windows components most often hangs at about 80% and inetmgr returns an error message "Snap-in failed to initialize".
What am I doing wrong
Mike
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Posted: 20 January 2004 at 6:56pm |
XP Home or Pro?
Nevr installed from the control panel. Always installed from the installation CD.
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Posted: 21 January 2004 at 9:02pm |
XP Pro
Tried it that way too with same result. Have turned off Norton NAV and Firewall with no effect
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Posted: 21 January 2004 at 10:38pm |
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The only other thing I could think of off hand would be to go into the control panel system management console and see what services are running. Check out iis, smtp, and http to make sure their started. Also doucble click on each one to see what dependencies they have and make sure those are started. At one time I had munged up my rpc service which all three needed.
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Posted: 25 January 2004 at 2:14pm |
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Thanks for the thoughts. When I double click on the iis service I get a "snap-in failed to initialize" error. I have a feeling one of the MS security fixes is gumming this up.
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Posted: 25 January 2004 at 3:42pm |
Do you by any chance have the .Net Framework installed?
If you installed iis after the .net framework, you should re-register the framework. On my xp pro machine, it's done by:
- Open a dos/command prompt box
- Go to where the framework is installe, on my machine, it's at C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322
- Enter the command aspnet_regiis.exe -i
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Posted: 25 January 2004 at 5:10pm |
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No, no .net framework. I think I'm going to reformat the machine from scratch since it will only be running a stand alone web based address database called Act for Windows
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Posted: 27 January 2004 at 4:57pm |
it would probably be a good idea just to buy an operating system specifically designed to run IIS... Like Windows Server 2003, or if your wallet itsn't that thick there's always Windows 2000 Server and KaZaA 
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