Jochem...what are we talking about here... What does "net user IUSR_machinename" show?
Rick -----Original Message----- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 7:40 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: consultant wanted Steve Logan wrote: > After 11 hours on the phone with Microsoft today, I'm giving up and > reformatting one of my Windows servers tomorrow. Right now I have 4 > CF5 servers running fine, but this W2K CFMX SQL server bugged out on > us today and I'm at wits end with it. > > Basically, IIS refuses connections - even to http://localhost from the > machine itself. IE will show a DNS error - Mozilla says "connection > refused". After about 10 hours with 2 Microsoft techs, we got it so > that it just seemd the anonymous account was busted You mean the IUSR_machinename account got busted? What does "net user IUSR_machinenane" show? As a workaround you can just create a new account for that and tell IIS to use that account for anonymous connections. I always disable IUSR_machinename permanently on servers. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:194235 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54