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Modifying or Adding Custom MIME Types to Windows Hosting Accounts

Using a Windows hosting account running IIS 7, you can modify or add MIME types. This...

Changing Your Windows Hosting Account's Default File

Using Windows® hosting accounts running IIS 7, you can specify your website's...

Disabling HTTP Compression with Your Windows Grid Hosting Account

Our Windows 4GH® accounts use HTTP compression to improve your website's...

Can I connect to the IIS manager under IIS 7?

For security reasons, we do not allow access to IIS manager under IIS 7. You can,...

What is pipeline mode?

Pipeline mode refers to how a Web server processes client requests. IIS 7 offers two...

Are there any IIS 7 features not supported on your Windows shared hosting accounts?

While the vast majority of IIS 7 functionality is supported by our Windows hosting...

Which version of IIS should I choose?

Unless you have specific reasons to use IIS 6, such as a need for FrontPage...

What is an Internationalized Domain Name (IDN)?

An Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) is a domain name that may contain characters...

Can I use Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) with my IIS 7 Windows shared hosting account?

Yes, our Windows shared hosting accounts running IIS 7 support the use of...

Is IIS 7 available for my Windows hosting account?

Yes, IIS 7 is supported on new Windows shared hosting accounts. Once your account is...

Migration Issues with IIS 7's Integrated Pipeline Mode

IIS 7 offers two pipeline modes. Due to the integration between the ASP.NET runtime...

Changing Pipeline Mode on Your Windows IIS 7 Hosting Account

Windows hosting accounts running IIS 7 offer two pipeline modes: classic and...

How should I send email from my IIS 7 Windows shared hosting Web site?

Windows shared hosting accounts running IIS 7 can use Collaboration Data Objects (CDO)...

Customizing IIS Settings on Your Windows Hosting Account

Using the Hosting Control Center, you can customize the IIS Settings for directories...

Can You Explain the Different IIS Settings?

These are the different IIS Settings you can apply to the directories in your Windows...

Recycling Your Application Pool with Windows Hosting Accounts

You can recycle your IIS 7 hosting account's application pool at any time in the...

Do you support PHP 5 for Windows shared hosting accounts?

Yes, PHP 5 is fully supported on Windows shared hosting accounts running IIS 7. This...

Upgrading Your Windows Hosting Account to IIS 7

You can upgrade to IIS 7 from IIS Management in the Hosting Control Center....

Using CDO to Send Email from Your Windows Shared Hosting Web Site

Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) can be used to send email from Windows shared hosting...

What are the benefits of IIS 7?

IIS 7 is Microsoft's latest version of its Internet Information Services Web server....

Microsoft URL Rewrite Module

Windows hosting accounts using IIS 7 support the Microsoft® URL Rewrite Module,...