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Computer Properties - Internet Information Services Property Sheet

Use this property sheet to set the bandwidth used by all services, access the default property values inherited by all sites, and configure MIME types. These default values can be changed on an individual basis for each site if desired.

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Master Properties

Enable Bandwidth Throttling

Computer MIME Map


 IIS 5.0 Documentation

Computer Properties - Internet Information Services Property Sheet

Use this property sheet to set the bandwidth used by all services, access the default property values inherited by all sites, and configure MIME types. These default values can be changed on an individual basis for each site if desired.

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Master Properties

Select the type of service, either WWW or FTP. To set the default values used by current or new Web sites, click the Edit button. If you have already changed a property value for an individual Web site, you are prompted to determine whether the new master property settings should overwrite the current settings. For more information, see Properties and Inheritance of Properties on Sites.

Enable Bandwidth Throttling

Select this option to limit the bandwidth used by Web and FTP services on your computer.

Limiting the bandwidth is especially useful if your network card has multiple purposes, such as e-mail and remote logons. Bandwidth throttling limits only the bandwidth used by static HTML files. For more information, see Throttling Bandwidth.

Computer MIME Map

Select the File Types button to configure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) mappings.

These mappings set the various file types that the Web service returns to browsers. The registered file types that are installed by default on Windows are listed in the File Types dialog box. File type extensions and MIME mappings are listed for selected file types in the File type details box.

To configure additional MIME mappings

1.	Click the New Type button in the File Types dialog box.

2.	In the File Type dialog box enter the extension that is associated with the file in the Associated Extension box.

3.	In the Content Type (MIME) box enter the MIME type followed by the file name extension in the form <mime type> / <filename extension>.

To remove MIME mappings, select the file type in the Registered file types box and click the Remove button.

To edit existing MIME mappings, select the file type in the Registered file types box, click the Edit button and modify the contents of the Associated Extension and Content Type (MIME) boxes as needed.

If you set MIME mappings in the master property sheets for your computer, the Web sites and directories on your computer will use the same mappings. You can modify the MIME mappings for a Web site or directory. The only values displayed are those you changed, and not all the MIME mapping values. If you then reapply the master properties, the master properties completely replace the modified properties for the Web site or directory. That is, the properties are not merged.


 IIS 5.0 Documentation

Computer Properties - Internet Information Services Property Sheet

Use this property sheet to set the bandwidth used by all services, access the default property values inherited by all sites, and configure MIME types. These default values can be changed on an individual basis for each site if desired.

(Expand All)

Master Properties

Select the type of service, either WWW or FTP. To set the default values used by current or new Web sites, click the Edit button. If you have already changed a property value for an individual Web site, you are prompted to determine whether the new master property settings should overwrite the current settings. For more information, see Properties and Inheritance of Properties on Sites.

Enable Bandwidth Throttling

Computer MIME Map


 IIS 5.0 Documentation

Computer Properties - Internet Information Services Property Sheet

Use this property sheet to set the bandwidth used by all services, access the default property values inherited by all sites, and configure MIME types. These default values can be changed on an individual basis for each site if desired.

(Expand All)

Master Properties

Enable Bandwidth Throttling

Select this option to limit the bandwidth used by Web and FTP services on your computer.

Limiting the bandwidth is especially useful if your network card has multiple purposes, such as e-mail and remote logons. Bandwidth throttling limits only the bandwidth used by static HTML files. For more information, see Throttling Bandwidth.

Computer MIME Map


 IIS 5.0 Documentation

Computer Properties - Internet Information Services Property Sheet

Use this property sheet to set the bandwidth used by all services, access the default property values inherited by all sites, and configure MIME types. These default values can be changed on an individual basis for each site if desired.

(Expand All)

Master Properties

Enable Bandwidth Throttling

Computer MIME Map

Select the File Types button to configure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) mappings.

These mappings set the various file types that the Web service returns to browsers. The registered file types that are installed by default on Windows are listed in the File Types dialog box. File type extensions and MIME mappings are listed for selected file types in the File type details box.

To configure additional MIME mappings

1.	1. Click the New Type button in the File Types dialog box.

1.	2. In the File Type dialog box enter the extension that is associated with the file in the Associated Extension box.

1.	3. In the Content Type (MIME) box enter the MIME type followed by the file name extension in the form <mime type> / <filename extension>.

To remove MIME mappings, select the file type in the Registered file types box and click the Remove button.

To edit existing MIME mappings, select the file type in the Registered file types box, click the Edit button and modify the contents of the Associated Extension and Content Type (MIME) boxes as needed.

If you set MIME mappings in the master property sheets for your computer, the Web sites and directories on your computer use the same mappings. You can modify the MIME mappings for a Web site or directory. The only values displayed are those you changed, and not all the MIME mapping values. If you then reapply the master properties, the master properties completely replace the modified properties for the Web site or directory. That is, the properties are not merged.


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Configuration Backup/Restore

Use this dialog box to save configuration settings for all Web sites, FTP sites, virtual directories, directories, and files that you administer on your computer.

Previous Backups

The Backups list box lists all configuration backups that have been created, their version number, and the date and time that the backup was created.

To create a backup configuration, click the Create Backup button.

To return to a previous configuration state, select a backup and click the Restore button.

Note   Restoring a configuration is a lengthy operation that requires all services to be stopped and restarted.

To delete a backup configuration, click the Delete button. Note that you can also select multiple backup configurations and delete them simultaneously. For more information, see Backing Up and Restoring IIS.


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Restarting IIS

You can restart Internet services if you have a misbehaving IIS application or memory leak. Restarting Internet services is a better alternative than restarting your computer. See Restarting IIS for more information.

Note   Internet Services include Web, FTP, SMTP, NNTP, and IISAdmin services.

Restart Internet Services

Restarting stops and restarts all Internet services. When restarting Internet Services, your Web and FTP sites will be unavailable while services are stopped and then restarted. In addition, global variables such as session state and application state will be lost.

Stop Internet Services

Stop Internet services if you need to install and register a new COM component or ISAPI filter, which you cannot do while the services are in use. Internet services will be unavailable and all session and application state will be lost.

Start Internet Services

Start Internet services to start all services that normally start when you restart your computer. You can use the Services node in the Computer Management snap-in to change which services start up automatically. If Internet services do not respond, you can restart your computer.

Reboot

If you cannot successfully restart Internet services, you can choose to restart your computer. In most cases, restarting Internet services should be sufficient.


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Connect to Computer

You can connect to a remote computer by typing the IP address, server name (if you are on the same subnet), or fully-qualified domain name.