FP97: How to Install FrontPage Server Extensions for IIS 3.0

ID: q169529

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
Microsoft Internet Information Server, version 3.0

SUMMARY

This article describes how to install the FrontPage Server Extensions for the Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS), version 3.0.

Before you follow the steps in the "More Information" section of this article, do the following:

Obtain the latest version of the FrontPage Server Extensions. To do this, download the Fp97ext_x86_enu.exe file located at the following Microsoft Web site:
```
      http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage
```
Verify that IIS is running and functioning properly.

MORE INFORMATION

Use the following steps to install the FrontPage Server Extensions:

 1. Log on to the Microsoft Windows NT Server as Administrator. Do not
    log on to the Windows NT Server as a User with Administrator
    permissions.

 2. Decompress Fp97ext_x86_enu.exe, by double-clicking it.

 3. The setup program will detect that IIS is installed. Verify that
    it is selected in the Installed Servers Detected dialog box. Click
    Next.

 4. Note the settings in the Start Copying Files dialog box. Click
    Next.

 5. If your server is multihosted the Multihosted Servers dialog box
    appears. Select the virtual servers on which you want to install
    the server extensions. Click OK.

 6. In the "Administrator for Personal Web Server" dialog box, in the
    Name box, type "Administrator" (without the quotation marks), and
    then click OK.

 7. Click Yes to stop and restart the WWW Service of the Microsoft
    Internet Information Server.

 8. If your server is multihosted, repeat steps 5 through 7 for each
    virtual server.

 9. Click Finish.

10. In FrontPage Explorer, click Open Web on the File menu.

11. In the Open Web dialog box, type the Hostname or IP Address of the

    Internet Information Server.

12. If you are asked to type a user name and password, type the

    user name and password you use to log on to Windows NT.

Additional query words: 3.00 97

Keywords          : kbdta fpiis fpext 
Version           : windows:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: July 1, 1999