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Asked: 2026-05-11T08:17:43+00:00

I need to reinstall IIS 7.0 on Vista due to some unsolved configuration issues.

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I need to reinstall IIS 7.0 on Vista due to some unsolved configuration issues.

I thought it was easy: I uninstalled all IIS-related stuff in Programs/Features, restarted system, installed all IIS modules again (installation cd wasn’t needed) and hmm.. everything looks the same – I mean wrong. I see all configured websites, modules, pools etc.

Is there any clever way to get CLEAN installation with CLEAN database / metabase / configuration files / clean installation files? Reinstalling whole OS is not a good solution.

Best regards,

Tomek

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  1. I’ve encountered the same problem and formatting my hard drive was not an option.

    The answer is already provided in a comment, and that is uninstalling the Windows Activation Services in the Windows Components before reinstalling IIS.

    I hope this helps some of people out there, because i noticed we’re not the only ones when googling the problem…

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