RE: FP 2003 AND IIS 5

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From: Mark (Mark_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:57:03 -0700

You wrote:
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"When in the IIS manager i clik on the site and chose Open with FrontPage, it
says that i need to install the frontpage client.
I uninstalled both and reinstalled them in a different order and already
spent hours on the internet looking for answers but is nothing so far. "
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I'm having the excat same problem and can't imagine why it is happening.
I've managed a 2k server with FP before and never ran across this problem.
Any ideas or answers?

Thanks.
Mark
wmabern777@charter.net

"H.Pip" wrote:

> Hi
>
> I can't get a local site to work with FP 2003 and IIS 5 under XP Pro.
> Frontpage keeps telling me that the sharepoint services are not installed on
> the server whatever i do, and i don't see any option to create a site
> without them. I downloaded sharepoint services but they need windows server
> 2003.
>
> When in the IIS manager i clik on the site and chose Open with FrontPage, it
> says that i need to install the frontpage client.
> I uninstalled both and reinstalled them in a different order and already
> spent hours on the internet looking for answers but is nothing so far.
>
> Btw the default installation of IIS 5 does not support asp, whereas the
> helpfiles are in asp!!! Maybe i am very stupid or else there is something
> very wrong with this software. But it turned out that the helpfiles don't
> give any answers really too.
>
> That's a wonderful way of treating your customers who spend hundreds of
> dollars on software, just to be able to devellop websites locally!
>
> Anyway, any help would be very much appreciated.
>
> Bert
>
>
>
>

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