 | Manually installing an ISAPI on IIS with Windows 2003 .NET Server |
| | | | | | | To setup an ISAPI on a Windows 2003 .NET Server running Microsoft Internet Information Services, begin by opening up Internet Information Services Manager. |
| Open up the Internet Information Services Manager by clicking on the Start button, located on the toolbar, and then selecting Control Panel from the Settings menu. |  |
| In the Control Panel folder, double-click on the icon labeled Administrative Tools. (Note: If this icon does not appear, it could be because you do not have administrative privileges.) |  |
| Once the Administrative Tools folder is open, double-click on the icon Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. This will open Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager's main configuration screen. |  |
| Double-click on the server where the ISAPI will be installed. In the example above, "TEST03 (local computer)" is the name of the server. A list of Web Sites should be expanded. Right-click on the web site that the ISAPI plugin will be installed on and then select Properties. |  |
| The Web Site Properties dialog should be displayed. |  |
| Click on the "ISAPI Filters" tab to configure the ISAPI plugin. |  |
| To install a new ISAPI plugin, click on the "Add" button. The Filter Properties dialog is displayed. This is where the ISAPI plugin filter information should be entered in. Enter the name of the ISAPI plugin in the Filter Name field and the location of that filter's DLL on your computer. To navigate and find the file in Windows Explorer, click the "Browse" button. Once the location to the ISAPI plugin's DLL has been entered in click "Ok". |  |
| In order to use IIS 5 plugins on IIS 6, you might be required to run IIS in isolation mode. You can turn on isolation mode by selecting the Services tab and checking the Run WWW service in IIS 5.0 isolation mode option. |  |
| In order for the changes to take effect on the server, IIS needs to be restarted. To restart the server right-click on the server and from the menu select All Tasks -> Restart IIS. |  |
| Select "Restart Internet Services" and click Ok. This will restart Microsoft Internet Information Services. Once the server is restarted, the ISAPI plugin will be running and active on the server. |  |
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