After install can't get to Admin page

[jlb1023]

I just installed CF8 Standard on my server which is running Windows Server 2003 64-bit Standard. The server has 400GB free on the hard drive RAID array, 6GB or RAM and a DVD burner. The install goes without error, none reported anyway, but when I click on Finish with the check box checked to open the Admin I get an error 400 in IE. There are no errors logged in the event logs. Not sure how to look at the CF logs to see if that would tell me something or not. I opted to configure IIS for all web sites during the install. All 3 of the installed services are running and the server has been rebooted. I had initially had Jave 1.4.16 JRE installed, not sure if the install updates that or not. I changed the port from port 80 to port 8500 but still nothing. Any ideas would be most appreicated.

[Michael Borbor]

did you check the iis mmc?

[jlb1023]

So I uninstalled JRE 1.4 and installed JDK 1.6 and now I get the login pop up so I take that as good news. Now my problem is that the password I used during the install does not work. ARRRGHHH.

[JR__Bob__Dobbs-qSBHQ2]

This might help you reset your password. The article was written for CF7 but may also apply to CF8.
http://www.simonwhatley.co.uk/resetting-a-lost-coldfusion-password

[jlb1023]

I was told by adobe email support that I am not supposed to get a Windows pop up login but rather a web page login so I am thinking that I have an IIS issue. Right now I am trying to get CF installed on a computer running Windows Server 2003 x64 member server and Exchange Server 2007 with OWA.

Just out of curiosity I tried to install on a clean Windows Server 2003 x64 member server with no additional applications other than Java 6u6(64). I configure a website called "secure" in CF. Enable anonymous access in IIS on the "secure" web site. When I turn off "Show friendly HTTP errors" I get a "%1 is not a valid Win32 application".

So I installed on my domain server which is the only x32 server in my org. Installed CF 8, configured for all web sites, installed Java 6u5. On that server I get a "you are not authorized to view this page" error.

Everybody I have talked to has said that CF is so simple to install, just install and go. Why am I having so many problems? Installed on 3 different servers and not one working install. Does anybody have any ideas as to what I am doing wrong? Can CF not install on a domain server or something like that?

Thanks in advance,
Jeff

[JR__Bob__Dobbs-qSBHQ2]

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I was told by adobe email support that I am not supposed to get a Windows pop up login but rather a web page login so I am thinking that I have an IIS issue.

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It sounds like you the file/directory permissions setting in IIS and/or your file system that require windows authentication to access your website. Bear in mind the installation instructions for Windows assume you are installing CF on an IIS server that allows anonymous access and has the default security settings. I have seen this issue on a server where directory permissions where not set to be inherited from the parent directory.

If you provide your windows login info at the login prompt are you able to access the ColdFusion administrator?

[Newsgroup_User]

To run ColdFusion in 64-bit mode on a 64-bit machine you need the Enterprise
edition.

It must also be a new install, not an update.

To run the Standard version on a 64-bit machine you need to enable 32-bit
applications on IIS.

http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/coldfusion/801/cf801install.pdf

If you run 32-bit ColdFusion on 64-bit Windows, you can use 32-bit IIS or
32-bit Apache web servers. You can also use 64-bit IIS, but you must run it
in 32-bit mode and configure it to connect only to 32-bit ColdFusion.

Run the following command from the %systemdrive%\Inetpub\AdminScripts
directory:

cscript.exe %SystemDrive%\Inetpub\wwwroot\adsutil.vbs set
W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32BitAppOnWin64 true

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Ken Ford
Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
Fordwebs, LLC
http://www.fordwebs.com


"jlb1023" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:fufjmb$3en$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>I was told by adobe email support that I am not supposed to get a Windows
>pop
> up login but rather a web page login so I am thinking that I have an IIS
> issue.
> Right now I am trying to get CF installed on a computer running Windows
> Server
> 2003 x64 member server and Exchange Server 2007 with OWA.
>
> Just out of curiosity I tried to install on a clean Windows Server 2003
> x64
> member server with no additional applications other than Java 6u6(64). I
> configure a website called "secure" in CF. Enable anonymous access in IIS
> on
> the "secure" web site. When I turn off "Show friendly HTTP errors" I get a
> "%1
> is not a valid Win32 application".
>
> So I installed on my domain server which is the only x32 server in my org.
> Installed CF 8, configured for all web sites, installed Java 6u5. On that
> server I get a "you are not authorized to view this page" error.
>
> Everybody I have talked to has said that CF is so simple to install, just
> install and go. Why am I having so many problems? Installed on 3
> different
> servers and not one working install. Does anybody have any ideas as to
> what I
> am doing wrong? Can CF not install on a domain server or something like
> that?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jeff
>