IIS 7 configuration for Cognos 8/10
Recently I was helping a friend to install Cognos 10 on his Windows 7 laptop, the install went smooth but to get the IIS running and have the Portal page come up it took more than 2 hours of googling and tweaks. So i figured it's wise to share this and even if one person can save time it's worth it. Configuring IIS 7 for cognos has changed a lot when compared to IIS 6, where you have straight forward settings to setup virtual directories and allow read/write/execute. In IIS 7 you need to do a bit more or may be it's just for windows 7, I haven't explored IIS 7 on Windows NT 2008. I have included the cognos support link that has the detailed steps in setting up IIS7. Before you follow the link you can enable or install IIS 7 in all Windows 7 professional systems under Control Panel > Programs > Turn Windows Components On or Off. Also make sure you enable ISAp and CGi extensions after IIS is installed from the same location under World Web Services(you can google t