Re: cannot 'start' web site

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From: Kristofer Gafvert (kgafvert_at_NEWSilopia.com)
Date: 03/16/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 12:09:20 +0100

Hello,

I am almost completely sure that your problem is that you have 2 websites,
listening on the same port, and without using host headers. And that is your
problem. Can you please verify that you have two websites on this machine,
and that you have taken no action to distinguish them?

If this is true, follow this KB Article, and your problem will be solved in
no time:

"HOW TO: Use Host Header Names to Host Multiple Sites from One IP Address in
IIS 5.0"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=190008 

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"steve j" <stevejamieson123@aol.com> wrote in message
news:80688052-6448-4815-A205-6963AD4AF97B@microsoft.com...
> I have a W 2000 server running IIS 5.0
> I set it up over a year ago and now I think I have forgotten some detail
> I have just added a new web site - the site being on the same machine.
> I went thru the same process that I can remember from last time.
> However the new site is showing as 'stopped'. When I right click and
select start I get the following error message
>    "A duplicate name exists on the network"
> The web site name is unique as is the path name to its location.
> The other web sites which I set up a while back are fine
>
> Any ideas as to what is set incorrectly?
>
>
>

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