IIS7 Not Retaining Changes

just odd, i've checked all of the security policies, and settings but haven't
found anything that would be causing it. I can make changes and in IIS, see
the changes, but once i reboot the machine, it will completely revert back to
the default clean installed settings. I just have no idea what's going on.
This is a clean install.

"David Wang" wrote:

> On Oct 21, 10:45 am, Jason Hartsoe
> <JasonHart....DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I've installed and running windows 2008 Enterprise and using IIS7. After the
> > configuration of 5 websites i added and had up and running, every reboot the
> > server reverts back to it's original Default website and loses all the
> > changes i've made along with the sites. Is anyone else experiencing this,
> > and if so have some insight as to how I can fix and troubleshoot it?
> >
> > I'd greatly appreciate it!
> >
> > Thanks!
>
>
> The website configuration is stored within %windir%\system32\inetsrv
> \config\applicationHost.config -- you can backup the file, reboot, and
> see if anything changes that file. Verify that your added websites are
> actually in that file, too.
>
> IIS7 itself does not have permissions to edit that file, so maybe you
> have group policy or something that is uninstalling IIS7, reverting
> that file, etc.
>
>
> //David
> http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
> http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
> //
>
>
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looks like SMS was controlling the machine, so I uninstalled the client, and
shouldn't have any more problems.

Thanks for all the help!

"Jason Hartsoe" wrote:

> just odd, i've checked all of the security policies, and settings but haven't
> found anything that would be causing it. I can make changes and in IIS, see
> the changes, but once i reboot the machine, it will completely revert back to
> the default clean installed settings. I just have no idea what's going on.
> This is a clean install.
>
> "David Wang" wrote:
>
> > On Oct 21, 10:45 am, Jason Hartsoe
> > <JasonHart....TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > I've installed and running windows 2008 Enterprise and using IIS7. After the
> > > configuration of 5 websites i added and had up and running, every reboot the
> > > server reverts back to it's original Default website and loses all the
> > > changes i've made along with the sites. Is anyone else experiencing this,
> > > and if so have some insight as to how I can fix and troubleshoot it?
> > >
> > > I'd greatly appreciate it!
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > The website configuration is stored within %windir%\system32\inetsrv
> > \config\applicationHost.config -- you can backup the file, reboot, and
> > see if anything changes that file. Verify that your added websites are
> > actually in that file, too.
> >
> > IIS7 itself does not have permissions to edit that file, so maybe you
> > have group policy or something that is uninstalling IIS7, reverting
> > that file, etc.
> >
> >
> > //David
> > http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
> > http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
> > //
> >
> >
 >> Stay informed about: IIS7 Not Retaining Changes 

<grin> Glad you found the cause.

FYI: Most questions about "settings changing unexpectedly" tend to
come from Group Policy/SMS, Personal Security Products (AntiVirus), or
Viruses.

Basically, IIS does not run with permissions to write to its
configuration, so if you see settings changing unexpectedly, it has to
be some external entity. Question is whether one can determine that
entity.


//David
http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
//




On Oct 23, 6:11 am, Jason Hartsoe
<JasonHart....DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> looks like SMS was controlling the machine, so I uninstalled the client, and
> shouldn't have any more problems.
>
> Thanks for all the help!
>
>
>
> "Jason Hartsoe" wrote:
> > just odd, i've checked all of the security policies, and settings but haven't
> > found anything that would be causing it. I can make changes and in IIS, see
> > the changes, but once i reboot the machine, it will completely revert back to
> > the default clean installed settings. I just have no idea what's going on.
> > This is a clean install.
>
> > "David Wang" wrote:
>
> > > On Oct 21, 10:45 am, Jason Hartsoe
> > > <JasonHart....DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > > I've installed and running windows 2008 Enterprise and using IIS7. After the
> > > > configuration of 5 websites i added and had up and running, every reboot the
> > > > server reverts back to it's original Default website and loses all the
> > > > changes i've made along with the sites. Is anyone else experiencing this,
> > > > and if so have some insight as to how I can fix and troubleshoot it?
>
> > > > I'd greatly appreciate it!
>
> > > > Thanks!
>
> > > The website configuration is stored within %windir%\system32\inetsrv
> > > \config\applicationHost.config -- you can backup the file, reboot, and
> > > see if anything changes that file. Verify that your added websites are
> > > actually in that file, too.
>
> > > IIS7 itself does not have permissions to edit that file, so maybe you
> > > have group policy or something that is uninstalling IIS7, reverting
> > > that file, etc.
>
> > > //David
> > >http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
> > >http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
> > > //- Hide quoted text -
>
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