Has anyone installed IIS (mine came with Windows Vista Home Premium.) I gather IIS will allow my computer to be a web server and serve pages from my drives. My purpose was to test my pages without uploading them to RW... for example, I copied my web site to a DVD and can use a web browser to see the same thing as going to RW. But the SSI's don't work of course. Am fearful that now that IIS is installed, hackers can get into my computer even though the default web location is disabled and directory browsing disabled. Any suggestions? What, for example is the URL for my computer or how do I set it? Am a sorcerer's apprentice here ! George

Hi George, I've installed IIS on all my personal computers beginning with Win-98 up to XP. I use IIS for testing web pages before uploading. It's handy for that purpose. I've not migrated to Vista but IIS should be pretty much the same. You will be safe with IIS as long as you have a firewall installed that prevents incoming access. Do not install IIS unless you have a firewall! The Windows firewall will be fine but I prefer and use Zonealarm Free. The URL for your computer (from your computer) is http://127.0.0.1/ That is the local IP address. http://[YourComputerName]/ (without the brackets) should also work. The computer's external IP address will be assigned by your ISP (or your router if you have one). You can find out what that is by typing "ipconfig" at a command prompt. Jim Rickenbacker ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Waller" <george.a.waller@gmail.com> To: <ROOTSWEB-HELP@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 11:43 AM Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] IIS server installed... now what? > Has anyone installed IIS (mine came with Windows Vista Home Premium.) > > I gather IIS will allow my computer to be a web server and serve pages > from > my drives. > My purpose was to test my pages without uploading them to RW... for > example, > I copied my web site to a DVD and can use a web browser to see the same > thing as going to RW. But the SSI's don't work of course. > > Am fearful that now that IIS is installed, hackers can get into my > computer > even though the default > web location is disabled and directory browsing disabled. > > Any suggestions? What, for example is the URL for my computer or how do > I set it? > > Am a sorcerer's apprentice here ! > George > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSWEB-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Jim, It was encouraging to hear someone else was successful. Naturally it didn't work for me. Turns out that Skype had taken port 80 and my default web page never appeared Told Skype to get off of 80, killed Skype in task manager. Then my web page came up just fine. IIS is supposed to support SSI and CGI. How about SQL? (Never used CGI or SQL-- are they the same thing?) And thanks for the warning about firewall... it was ok. George p.s. is there a way to "turn off" IIS or do you just stop the web sites? On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Jim Rickenbacker(3) <j3mr2@borisbrooks.com>wrote: > Hi George, > > I've installed IIS on all my personal computers beginning with Win-98 up to > XP. I use IIS for testing web pages before uploading. It's handy for that > purpose. I've not migrated to Vista but IIS should be pretty much the same. > > You will be safe with IIS as long as you have a firewall installed that > prevents incoming access. Do not install IIS unless you have a firewall! > The Windows firewall will be fine but I prefer and use Zonealarm Free. > > The URL for your computer (from your computer) is http://127.0.0.1/ That > is > the local IP address. http://[YourComputerName]/ (without the brackets) > should also work. The computer's external IP address will be assigned by > your ISP (or your router if you have one). You can find out what that is by > typing "ipconfig" at a command prompt. > > Jim Rickenbacker > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Waller" <george.a.waller@gmail.com> > To: <ROOTSWEB-HELP@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 11:43 AM > Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] IIS server installed... now what? > > > > Has anyone installed IIS (mine came with Windows Vista Home Premium.) > > > > I gather IIS will allow my computer to be a web server and serve pages > > from > > my drives. > > My purpose was to test my pages without uploading them to RW... for > > example, > > I copied my web site to a DVD and can use a web browser to see the same > > thing as going to RW. But the SSI's don't work of course. > > > > Am fearful that now that IIS is installed, hackers can get into my > > computer > > even though the default > > web location is disabled and directory browsing disabled. > > > > Any suggestions? What, for example is the URL for my computer or how do > > I set it? > > > > Am a sorcerer's apprentice here ! > > George > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ROOTSWEB-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSWEB-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

George, If Vista works the same as XP, you can stop IIS by going to Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Internet Information services. Expand the tree in the left hand pane and you will see Default Web Site. Right click on Default Web Site and select Stop. Use the same process and select Start to restart. I'll answer your other questions off-line as we are getting pretty much off-topic for this list. Jim Rickenbacker ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Waller" <george.a.waller@gmail.com> To: <rootsweb-help@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] IIS server installed... now what? > Thanks Jim, > It was encouraging to hear someone else was successful. > Naturally it didn't work for me. Turns out that Skype had > taken port 80 and my default web page never appeared > Told Skype to get off of 80, killed Skype in task manager. > Then my web page came up just fine. > > IIS is supposed to support SSI and CGI. How about SQL? > (Never used CGI or SQL-- are they the same thing?) > > And thanks for the warning about firewall... it was ok. > George > p.s. is there a way to "turn off" IIS or do you just stop the > web sites? > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Jim Rickenbacker(3) > <j3mr2@borisbrooks.com>wrote: > >> Hi George, >> >> I've installed IIS on all my personal computers beginning with Win-98 up >> to >> XP. I use IIS for testing web pages before uploading. It's handy for that >> purpose. I've not migrated to Vista but IIS should be pretty much the >> same. >> >> You will be safe with IIS as long as you have a firewall installed that >> prevents incoming access. Do not install IIS unless you have a firewall! >> The Windows firewall will be fine but I prefer and use Zonealarm Free. >> >> The URL for your computer (from your computer) is http://127.0.0.1/ That >> is >> the local IP address. http://[YourComputerName]/ (without the brackets) >> should also work. The computer's external IP address will be assigned by >> your ISP (or your router if you have one). You can find out what that is >> by >> typing "ipconfig" at a command prompt. >> >> Jim Rickenbacker >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "George Waller" <george.a.waller@gmail.com> >> To: <ROOTSWEB-HELP@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 11:43 AM >> Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] IIS server installed... now what? >> >> >> > Has anyone installed IIS (mine came with Windows Vista Home Premium.) >> > >> > I gather IIS will allow my computer to be a web server and serve pages >> > from >> > my drives. >> > My purpose was to test my pages without uploading them to RW... for >> > example, >> > I copied my web site to a DVD and can use a web browser to see the same >> > thing as going to RW. But the SSI's don't work of course. >> > >> > Am fearful that now that IIS is installed, hackers can get into my >> > computer >> > even though the default >> > web location is disabled and directory browsing disabled. >> > >> > Any suggestions? What, for example is the URL for my computer or how >> > do >> > I set it? >> > >> > Am a sorcerer's apprentice here ! >> > George >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > ROOTSWEB-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ROOTSWEB-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSWEB-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, I use fp2000. Can a web site (software in my computer) state it has no memory? I have other websites in my computer,they are having no problems. but in the one concerned I can not access all the pages... and the ones I can access it takes over 5 - 10 minutes to open. I have done a full virus scan (norton security), and removed one security violation. I've got 80% of the memory free, I've defragmented it and stillhave the problem... Is there a way to down load (not upload) from my www site back to my computer? Nelda My websites : http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/

Nelda, Sometimes Frontpage2000 gets "buggy" and acts contrary. A longer method (versus the short way Pat G. described), is to create a folder under My Documents and move out anything not being used to a My Docs/unneeded folder. Then, in a 2nd folder in My Documents, move out of the web folder any BIG files, if you've got any. I usually move out jpgs because they can be on the larger side. Fp2000 often gets buggy about what's added to a page, not with the htm or html pages themselves. It's also easiest to re-link a jpg than to have to re-link a bunch of pages. Try opening the web again with Fp (but don't change any page). If it now opens, close it again and try moving back just one of the files you moved out (ones you still need) and see if it re-opens. If all is OK, keep repeating the move-in process till it's all back in. Once you have moved back all the "needed" files, and Fp still opens ok, then do recalibrate. Note: if you move something out then back in, it shouldn't break the original links you had to that item. I've "fixed" so many "problems" with Fp2000 just by moving a few files out then back in. I jokingly say that Fp2000 gets "confused", like it is a very elderly human with a brain and emotions (LOL) because Fp *does* get confused and contary sometimes. If you can stand doing workarounds like this, Fp can continue to work for you for a long time. But, it is frustrating! Judy On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Nelda Percival <nelda_percival@hotmail.com>wrote: > > Hi, > I use fp2000. Can a web site (software in my computer) state it has no > memory? I have other websites in my computer,they are having no problems. > but in the one concerned I can not access all the pages... and the ones I > can access it takes over 5 - 10 minutes to open. > > I have done a full virus scan (norton security), and removed one security > violation. I've got 80% of the memory free, I've defragmented it and > stillhave the problem... > > > Is there a way to down load (not upload) from my www site back to my > computer? > > Nelda