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Can't run connectcomputer on SBS 2003?

We have SBS 2003 in a lab setting. Added a new PC today.. or at least wanted to. The SBS server has a single nic, it and all the PCs are on the same subnet 192.168.1.0/24

Trying http://server1/connectcomputer yields a 404 error.

Looking at this:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21832562/Connectcomputer-wizard-not-resolving-on-client-computers.html

The folder is in c:\inetpub on the server. But the server and other PCs also can't get to http://server1/connectcomputer. http://server1 does get you to the company website with choices for what to do. but connecting a computer gets the same 404 error.

any advice??

itcoza

OK,

Can you get the config for the different web sites listed in IIS admin and post them here.
I would like to see:
- Name of the site
- IP address assigned to the site
- HTTP host header (if any) assigned to the site
- List of Virtual directories in each web site.

Also,
Any Errors in the Application Event log that may be listed

Regards,
M

Kelvin Sparks

I found setting the PC DNS to the server's NIC IP address generally helped out whan I've truck this

Jeffrey Kane - TechSoEasy

It wasn't just whether the C:\Inetpub folder exists, but rather C:\Inetpub\connectcomputer. Does it?
Also, in the IIS Manager is there a connectcomptuer virtual directory under the Default Web Site?

Jeff
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Techsupportwhiz

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is there a connectcomptuer virtual directory under the Default Web Site?

No! : (

the folder is there on the C drive.. but the virtual directory is not. I remote desktopped into another SBS network over the web (totally seperate from ours) and compared virtual directory structure and saw it was missing, I then could see what needed to be in there to recreate it and the problem seems to be solved.

But I haven't touched IIS up till now.

anyone care to speculate how that virtual directory got deleted?

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Techsupportwhiz

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Thank you for the instructions! But care to speculate how that virtual directory got deleted?

Jeffrey Kane - TechSoEasy

If you uninstalled and reinstalled IIS 6.0 then it would not have recreated this virtual directory. I've also heard that this can occur from an improper installation of Service Pack 1, such as just installing the Windows Server 2003 SP1 module without the rest of the SBS modules.

Jeff
TechSoEasy

Techsupportwhiz

ASKER

Thank you!