I have a laptop running Vista64 (Dell Lattitude E6500).

All patched up, running Virtual Server 2005. It is a member of a workgroup,
not a domain.

VS2005 was working fine, but now for some reason the administration page
hangs when you try to navigate to it.



I checked and all the IIS settings seem to be Ok. If you connect to the
'root' (http://localhost) you get the default IIS7 login page.

You can 'back door' the VMC client by using the client link, but no attempts
to connect to the admin site seem to work. The web page asks for user name
and password, then just hangs.

I've poked around on the machine and everything seems to be ok, but we need
to be able to administer the VM's of course.

Any ideas?
--
== John ==

Hi John,

did you already tried to reinstall only the website components
(setup->custom..)?

PS : SP1?

Regards
Ramazan

"John Gwinner" <JohnGwinner@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:BC287E12-E292-4151-8908-A534BBA62F46@newsgroup

> I have a laptop running Vista64 (Dell Lattitude E6500).
>
> All patched up, running Virtual Server 2005. It is a member of a
> workgroup,
> not a domain.
>
> VS2005 was working fine, but now for some reason the administration page
> hangs when you try to navigate to it.
>
> I checked and all the IIS settings seem to be Ok. If you connect to the
> 'root' (http://localhost) you get the default IIS7 login page.
>
> You can 'back door' the VMC client by using the client link, but no
> attempts
> to connect to the admin site seem to work. The web page asks for user
> name
> and password, then just hangs.
>
> I've poked around on the machine and everything seems to be ok, but we
> need
> to be able to administer the VM's of course.
>
> Any ideas?
> --
> == John ==

No, I haven't tried that - no software has been loaded on this machine since
it worked though.

If it spontaneously quits working and needs a reinstall, then we still have
a big problem.

We'll try that though.
--
== John ==


"RCan" wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> did you already tried to reinstall only the website components
> (setup->custom..)?
>
> PS : SP1?
>
> Regards
> Ramazan
>
> "John Gwinner" <JohnGwinner@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:BC287E12-E292-4151-8908-A534BBA62F46@newsgroup

> > I have a laptop running Vista64 (Dell Lattitude E6500).
> >
> > All patched up, running Virtual Server 2005. It is a member of a
> > workgroup,
> > not a domain.
> >
> > VS2005 was working fine, but now for some reason the administration page
> > hangs when you try to navigate to it.
> >
> > I checked and all the IIS settings seem to be Ok. If you connect to the
> > 'root' (http://localhost) you get the default IIS7 login page.
> >
> > You can 'back door' the VMC client by using the client link, but no
> > attempts
> > to connect to the admin site seem to work. The web page asks for user
> > name
> > and password, then just hangs.
> >
> > I've poked around on the machine and everything seems to be ok, but we
> > need
> > to be able to administer the VM's of course.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> > --
> > == John ==

>

"John Gwinner" <JohnGwinner@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:7DF0C62C-A024-4F5C-A64D-D511082A1B90@newsgroup

> No, I haven't tried that - no software has been loaded on this machine
> since
> it worked though.
>
> If it spontaneously quits working and needs a reinstall, then we still
> have
> a big problem.
>
> We'll try that though.
> --
> == John ==
>
>
> "RCan" wrote:
>

>> Hi John,
>>
>> did you already tried to reinstall only the website components
>> (setup->custom..)?
>>
>> PS : SP1?
>>
>> Regards
>> Ramazan
>>
>> "John Gwinner" <JohnGwinner@newsgroup> wrote in message
>> news:BC287E12-E292-4151-8908-A534BBA62F46@newsgroup

>> > I have a laptop running Vista64 (Dell Lattitude E6500).
>> >
>> > All patched up, running Virtual Server 2005. It is a member of a
>> > workgroup,
>> > not a domain.
>> >
>> > VS2005 was working fine, but now for some reason the administration
>> > page
>> > hangs when you try to navigate to it.
>> >
>> > I checked and all the IIS settings seem to be Ok. If you connect to
>> > the
>> > 'root' (http://localhost) you get the default IIS7 login page.
>> >
>> > You can 'back door' the VMC client by using the client link, but no
>> > attempts
>> > to connect to the admin site seem to work. The web page asks for user
>> > name
>> > and password, then just hangs.
>> >
>> > I've poked around on the machine and everything seems to be ok, but we
>> > need
>> > to be able to administer the VM's of course.
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>> > --
>> > == John ==

>>

It could have been a security update for IIS. The admin page requires
IIS6 compatibility.

You could try vmrcplus instead of the web admin page.

http://www.microsoftpost.com/microso...load/vmrcplus/

Hello Bill,

To get the page to work, you will need to enable the local administrator
account on the local PC. Then, you will need to login to the website as
administrator after launching Internet Explorer as administrator. I created
a blog post about this a long time ago. Quite an annoying issue really...

http://owsug.ca/blogs/brad/archive/2...rver-2008.aspx

This post is actually for server 2008 but for Vista, you need to enable the
local administrator account.

> "John Gwinner" <JohnGwinner@newsgroup> wrote in
> message news:7DF0C62C-A024-4F5C-A64D-D511082A1B90@newsgroup
>

>> No, I haven't tried that - no software has been loaded on this
>> machine
>> since
>> it worked though.
>> If it spontaneously quits working and needs a reinstall, then we
>> still
>> have
>> a big problem.
>> We'll try that though.
>> --
>> == John ==
>> "RCan" wrote:
>>

>>> Hi John,
>>>
>>> did you already tried to reinstall only the website components
>>> (setup->custom..)?
>>>
>>> PS : SP1?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Ramazan
>>> "John Gwinner" <JohnGwinner@newsgroup> wrote in
>>> message news:BC287E12-E292-4151-8908-A534BBA62F46@newsgroup
>>>
>>>> I have a laptop running Vista64 (Dell Lattitude E6500).
>>>>
>>>> All patched up, running Virtual Server 2005. It is a member of a
>>>> workgroup,
>>>> not a domain.
>>>> VS2005 was working fine, but now for some reason the administration
>>>> page
>>>> hangs when you try to navigate to it.
>>>> I checked and all the IIS settings seem to be Ok. If you connect
>>>> to
>>>> the
>>>> 'root' (http://localhost) you get the default IIS7 login page.
>>>> You can 'back door' the VMC client by using the client link, but no
>>>> attempts
>>>> to connect to the admin site seem to work. The web page asks for
>>>> user
>>>> name
>>>> and password, then just hangs.
>>>> I've poked around on the machine and everything seems to be ok, but
>>>> we
>>>> need
>>>> to be able to administer the VM's of course.
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>> --
>>>> == John ==

> It could have been a security update for IIS. The admin page
> requires IIS6 compatibility.
>
> You could try vmrcplus instead of the web admin page.
>
> http://www.microsoftpost.com/microso...load/vmrcplus/
>

Hello Bill,

I had blogged about this issue some time ago.

http://owsug.ca/blogs/brad/archive/2...rver-2008.aspx

My article was for Server 2008 but it applies to Vista as well with the fact
that you need to enable the local administrator account and login as that
after running Internet Explorer "As Administrator".

> "John Gwinner" <JohnGwinner@newsgroup> wrote in
> message news:7DF0C62C-A024-4F5C-A64D-D511082A1B90@newsgroup
>

>> No, I haven't tried that - no software has been loaded on this
>> machine
>> since
>> it worked though.
>> If it spontaneously quits working and needs a reinstall, then we
>> still
>> have
>> a big problem.
>> We'll try that though.
>> --
>> == John ==
>> "RCan" wrote:
>>

>>> Hi John,
>>>
>>> did you already tried to reinstall only the website components
>>> (setup->custom..)?
>>>
>>> PS : SP1?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Ramazan
>>> "John Gwinner" <JohnGwinner@newsgroup> wrote in
>>> message news:BC287E12-E292-4151-8908-A534BBA62F46@newsgroup
>>>
>>>> I have a laptop running Vista64 (Dell Lattitude E6500).
>>>>
>>>> All patched up, running Virtual Server 2005. It is a member of a
>>>> workgroup,
>>>> not a domain.
>>>> VS2005 was working fine, but now for some reason the administration
>>>> page
>>>> hangs when you try to navigate to it.
>>>> I checked and all the IIS settings seem to be Ok. If you connect
>>>> to
>>>> the
>>>> 'root' (http://localhost) you get the default IIS7 login page.
>>>> You can 'back door' the VMC client by using the client link, but no
>>>> attempts
>>>> to connect to the admin site seem to work. The web page asks for
>>>> user
>>>> name
>>>> and password, then just hangs.
>>>> I've poked around on the machine and everything seems to be ok, but
>>>> we
>>>> need
>>>> to be able to administer the VM's of course.
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>> --
>>>> == John ==

> It could have been a security update for IIS. The admin page
> requires IIS6 compatibility.
>
> You could try vmrcplus instead of the web admin page.
>
> http://www.microsoftpost.com/microso...load/vmrcplus/
>

Hello Bill,

This is the blog post I created some time ago:

http://owsug.ca/blogs/brad/archive/2...rver-2008.aspx

My post applies to server 2008 but works for Vista. I have used this many
times.

You need to enable the local Administrator account for Vista and run IE "As
Administrator".

> "John Gwinner" <JohnGwinner@newsgroup> wrote in
> message news:7DF0C62C-A024-4F5C-A64D-D511082A1B90@newsgroup
>

>> No, I haven't tried that - no software has been loaded on this
>> machine
>> since
>> it worked though.
>> If it spontaneously quits working and needs a reinstall, then we
>> still
>> have
>> a big problem.
>> We'll try that though.
>> --
>> == John ==
>> "RCan" wrote:
>>

>>> Hi John,
>>>
>>> did you already tried to reinstall only the website components
>>> (setup->custom..)?
>>>
>>> PS : SP1?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Ramazan
>>> "John Gwinner" <JohnGwinner@newsgroup> wrote in
>>> message news:BC287E12-E292-4151-8908-A534BBA62F46@newsgroup
>>>
>>>> I have a laptop running Vista64 (Dell Lattitude E6500).
>>>>
>>>> All patched up, running Virtual Server 2005. It is a member of a
>>>> workgroup,
>>>> not a domain.
>>>> VS2005 was working fine, but now for some reason the administration
>>>> page
>>>> hangs when you try to navigate to it.
>>>> I checked and all the IIS settings seem to be Ok. If you connect
>>>> to
>>>> the
>>>> 'root' (http://localhost) you get the default IIS7 login page.
>>>> You can 'back door' the VMC client by using the client link, but no
>>>> attempts
>>>> to connect to the admin site seem to work. The web page asks for
>>>> user
>>>> name
>>>> and password, then just hangs.
>>>> I've poked around on the machine and everything seems to be ok, but
>>>> we
>>>> need
>>>> to be able to administer the VM's of course.
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>> --
>>>> == John ==

> It could have been a security update for IIS. The admin page
> requires IIS6 compatibility.
>
> You could try vmrcplus instead of the web admin page.
>
> http://www.microsoftpost.com/microso...load/vmrcplus/
>

Hello Bill,

This is the blog post I created some time ago:

http://owsug.ca/blogs/brad/archive/2...rver-2008.aspx

My post applies to server 2008 but works for Vista. I have used this many
times.

You need to enable the local Administrator account for Vista and run IE "As
Administrator".

> "John Gwinner" <JohnGwinner@newsgroup> wrote in
> message news:7DF0C62C-A024-4F5C-A64D-D511082A1B90@newsgroup
>

>> No, I haven't tried that - no software has been loaded on this
>> machine
>> since
>> it worked though.
>> If it spontaneously quits working and needs a reinstall, then we
>> still
>> have
>> a big problem.
>> We'll try that though.
>> --
>> == John ==
>> "RCan" wrote:
>>

>>> Hi John,
>>>
>>> did you already tried to reinstall only the website components
>>> (setup->custom..)?
>>>
>>> PS : SP1?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Ramazan
>>> "John Gwinner" <JohnGwinner@newsgroup> wrote in
>>> message news:BC287E12-E292-4151-8908-A534BBA62F46@newsgroup
>>>
>>>> I have a laptop running Vista64 (Dell Lattitude E6500).
>>>>
>>>> All patched up, running Virtual Server 2005. It is a member of a
>>>> workgroup,
>>>> not a domain.
>>>> VS2005 was working fine, but now for some reason the administration
>>>> page
>>>> hangs when you try to navigate to it.
>>>> I checked and all the IIS settings seem to be Ok. If you connect
>>>> to
>>>> the
>>>> 'root' (http://localhost) you get the default IIS7 login page.
>>>> You can 'back door' the VMC client by using the client link, but no
>>>> attempts
>>>> to connect to the admin site seem to work. The web page asks for
>>>> user
>>>> name
>>>> and password, then just hangs.
>>>> I've poked around on the machine and everything seems to be ok, but
>>>> we
>>>> need
>>>> to be able to administer the VM's of course.
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>> --
>>>> == John ==

> It could have been a security update for IIS. The admin page
> requires IIS6 compatibility.
>
> You could try vmrcplus instead of the web admin page.
>
> http://www.microsoftpost.com/microso...load/vmrcplus/
>

Brad:

This probably isn't the problem as it worked perfectly, right up to the
point that it stopped. No settings or 'run as' have been reconfigured. It
is running the same way it was when it worked fine.

Enabling the local administrator account isn't terribly secure though. But
in any event, on this laptop it's running as an administrator without a
domain.

But I'll double check.

--
== John ==


"Brad Bird (MVP)" wrote:

> Hello Bill,
>
> To get the page to work, you will need to enable the local administrator
> account on the local PC. Then, you will need to login to the website as
> administrator after launching Internet Explorer as administrator. I created
> a blog post about this a long time ago. Quite an annoying issue really...
>
> http://owsug.ca/blogs/brad/archive/2...rver-2008.aspx
>
> This post is actually for server 2008 but for Vista, you need to enable the
> local administrator account.
>
>

Hello John,

I totally agree. I hated enabling administrator but ran out of time to pursue
a workaround. I included the components necessary for the IIS compatibility
in my post as well though .

> Brad:
>
> This probably isn't the problem as it worked perfectly, right up to
> the point that it stopped. No settings or 'run as' have been
> reconfigured. It is running the same way it was when it worked fine.
>
> Enabling the local administrator account isn't terribly secure though.
> But in any event, on this laptop it's running as an administrator
> without a domain.
>
> But I'll double check.
>
> "Brad Bird (MVP)" wrote:
>

>> Hello Bill,
>>
>> To get the page to work, you will need to enable the local
>> administrator account on the local PC. Then, you will need to login
>> to the website as administrator after launching Internet Explorer as
>> administrator. I created a blog post about this a long time ago.
>> Quite an annoying issue really...
>>
>> http://owsug.ca/blogs/brad/archive/2...g-Virtual-Serv
>> er-2005-R2-on-Windows-Server-2008.aspx
>>
>> This post is actually for server 2008 but for Vista, you need to
>> enable the local administrator account.
>>