FrontPage Server Extension Windows Vista

FrontPage Server Extensions not installing in windows vista

If you've been using FrontPage to administrate your website because your used to it and haven't yet made the change to ExpressionWeb with Share point and would prefer to use the old way instead but have had difficulty setting up the server extensions for FrontPage then this is how you do it.

Tip: I find that this works better if you've got an administrator account and password so make sure you've got one by going to User Accounts within the Control Panel.

1. First you'll need to download the FrontPage server extension.
2. If you haven't already done it, install iis7 in windows vista.
3. Control Panel - Programs and Features - Turn windows features on or off (Link on the left).
4. Ensure that IIS is installed and just in case you want to do any further developing tick the rest of the boxes. (OK out of all the boxes).
5. Next install the Server extensions by doing the following:
6. Open the command prompt in Administrator Mode. (Shift Right Click on the Command Prompt Icon within Accessories and run as Administrator).
7. at the cmd prompt type:
8. msiexec /i "c:\the path to where you've downloaded the file\fpse02_win2008_vista_rtm_ENG.msi"
9. Then run through the installation procedure
10. Back in Control Panel double Click Administrative Tools - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
11. Expand the Computer - Sites folders on the left and select default web site.
12. Double Click Authentication - Ensure Anonymous Authentication is Disabled and Basic Authentication is Enabled.
13. Double Click Microsoft Share point Administrator type in your username and password that you have set up at the beginning (See top) or previously set up.
14. By Default web server click on Extend (Wait for the screen to update)
15. Click on the submit button.
16. Create a folder within c:\Inetpub\wwwroot.
17. Open FrontPage and you should be able to start a new FrontPage web.