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Thanks for the help. Those were good tips to track down the issue. &nbsp;Still not sure why it was not working but suspect it is more to do with expired certificates.
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Thanks for the help. Those were good tips to track down the issue.  Still not sure why it was not working but suspect it is more to do with expired certificates.

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I need to get port 443 open on a Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard. <br />
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I am using one of the Port forwarding testers and it lists port 443 closed. <br />
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I checked the hardware firewall and HTTPS is open, I checked the Server software firewall and it is open there as well.<br />
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I checked the Services and HTTP SSL Serivce is listed as started with a start type of manual (I did not start it myself). <br />
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But still the port is not open. &nbsp;I thinking another service that is needed, is not started or disabled on the Server?? &nbsp; What do II know have enabled etc? <br />
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Thanks
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I need to get port 443 open on a Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard. 

I am using one of the Port forwarding testers and it lists port 443 closed. 

I checked the hardware firewall and HTTPS is open, I checked the Server software firewall and it is open there as well.

I checked the Services and HTTP SSL Serivce is listed as started with a start type of manual (I did not start it myself). 

But still the port is not open.  I thinking another service that is needed, is not started or disabled on the Server??   What do II know have enabled etc? 

Thanks

How to open port 443 on Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).