IIS... file there on webserver, but "File not found&quo

Arrgghhh... this is pissing me off. I'm using Win2k Server and IIS to host a web site... And I have used IIS before and know how to use it. But for some reason my my Win2k machine when ever I got to my website I get a "File not found" 404 error... BUT THE FILE IS THERE!!! WTF...

Does anyone know what is wrong or can suggest some things to try! I have looked over EVERYTHING I can think of... Maybe I am skipping something unconciously but its really pissing me off.

Any help would be appreciated! Thx...

no one knows anything about this?

Well, have you checked the NTFS permissions on it? What is the extension of the file? Is it being blocked by a security util such as IISLockdown or URLScan? Have you actually read the logs in IIS?

Clutch, thank you so much for responding!


I just checked these:

NTFS permissions: fine, everyone has read, I have all permissions
file extensions: all files, html, jpg, what ever... none will work, it just says "file not found" when you try to go to the site, or a specific location.
Security Util: I was ussing IISLockdown, I ran it again to undo the settings, it had an effect, the error slightly changed, but still the same problem. URLScan, I don't believe that is installed.
Logs: How do I get to the logs? I looked in IIS, didn't see them (maybe i'm blind?), also looked in the event viewer. Found no errors but some information for IISCTLS, what ever that is... I believe these 4 "infos" were made when I did an "undo" on IISLockdown.

I am going to try to uninstall IIS, and the reinstall it.

You don't know how to use the logs in IIS? Um, ok. Well, don't go reinstalling it yet (although you might have by now). What you do is go into the site properties, and you will see the logging options drop down box. You will probably have W3C logging enabled, as that is the default. Any case, as long as you have that or the MS IIS format we should be fine (ODBC is for connecting to a DB and dumping the logs to it, which is what I use and I am not sure about NCA). Now, go to %systemroot%\system32\logfiles and you will see directories for each of the IIS services in there. Now, go to the one for your given service and site, and then look for the most recent one and open it in Notepad. You can then check out what your issues are. If you can't find any useful information in there, you can configure the logs to capture more info by selecting the logging format that was shown earlier, and then clicking "Properties". Next, go to the "Extended Properties" tab and add whatever you want. Once you save that, IIS will start a new break in the current file and you will see the adjusted columns.

Well I had already reinstalled IIS... but its no big deal since the config was basic at best. I never really used the logs so I never knew where they were. But IIS is working now, I think I may have had a few other things installed that may have been causing the problem. But they're gone now.

Now I finally got IIS running the way I want with PHP and working with MySQL so everything is great now.

Thanks for the help.