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Here at Microsoft, there are regular questions flying around about the settings needed to run Virtual Server on Vista.  Many people think they have set it up correctly, only to be presented with problems such as not being able to load the admin page etc.  Well, here is the definitive guide, and it comes in the form of an image, and textual information.  A huge thanks to Jeff Woolsey for producing this information.

So, if you’re trying to run Virtual Server on Vista, you need to do two things.

Step 1 - Enable IIS and the correct settings. To do this, go to Control Panel and under the Programs category click on Windows Features to Turn Windows features on and off. Here you will see a long list of features that can be enabled/disabled in Vista. For this discussion were specifically interested in enabling features under Internet Information Services (IIS). I’ve typed out what needs to be enabled below and included a screenshot which you can maximise by clicking the image.

Step 2 - Run IE using elevated privileges. To do this, right click on IE and select Run as Administrator.

You must do both.

For those of you who don't want to look at the screenshot, here are the details:

IIS Features that need to be enabled for Virtual Server to function properly

1. Under Web Management Tools enable IIS Management Console.
2. Under IIS 6 Management Compatibility enable IIS Metabase and IIS6 configuration compatibility.
3. Under Application Development Features enable CGI.
4. Under Common Http Features enable Default Document, Directory Browsing, HTTP Errors, Static Content
5. Under Health and Diagnostics enable HTTP Logging, Request Monitor
6. Under Performance Features enable Static Content Compression
7. Under Security enable Windows Authentication