Windows 7 and IIS problem.

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I am facing a issue with IIS 7.5 and windows 7. I created a Virtual Directory in IIS under default app Pool. But the IIS returning an error 'The system cannot communicate with the external server ( localhost ). The Internet server may be busy, may be permanently down, or may be unreachable because of network problems'

i have given all proper access rights in my folder. and VD. i am really confuced...

Please help me out.

Posted 22-Nov-10 4:03am

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E.F. Nijboer 22-Nov-10 11:19am

Did you clear your browser cache and try again?

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Member-Charly · Answer 1 · 2010-11-22T06:20:00

Hi,
If clearing the browser cache does not do the job, worth checking your system event logs for any hints of what might be wrong, as often IIS does give some insights that way.
Other things worth a try to narrow it down:
1) check the IIS log. Can you at least see the request coming in (if so check the status value for hints of whats wrong), or if it does not show up it suggests your request is not reaching IIS.
2) use 127.0.0.1 rather than localhost (ok, sounds silly but worth a try just to rule out name issues)
3) Can you access other pages on this IIS server? If so narrow your search to the Virtual Directory you created, otherwise check firewall is not blocking, and IIS is responding. Your error message suggests the site is being blocked.
4) Try accessing the site from the same PC as the site is running (so locally accessed). If you can't get a response, try restarting IIS, and then retry.
5) Turn on IIS failed request tracing. Typically this will give you good diagnostics on whats wrong.
regards
Charly