Configuring 64-Bit ASP.NET on New Servers

For my Altiris implementation I have SQL 2005 64-bit running on a 64-bit Windows Server 2003 server. One of the most frustrating parts of getting this server properly configured was getting the 64-bit version of ASP.NET 2.0 properly configured prior to installing SQL.

Here's the steps necessary to make this happen:

To run the 64-bit version of ASP.NET 2.0, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
2. Type the following command to disable the 32-bit mode:
3. cscript %SYSTEMDRIVE%\inetpub\adminscripts\adsutil.vbs SET W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32bitAppOnWin64 0
4. Type the following command to install the version of ASP.NET 2.0 and to install the script maps at the IIS root and under:
5. %SYSTEMROOT%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe -i
6. Open IIS Admin from Start > Programs > Admin Tools - Make sure that the status of ASP.NET version 2.0.50727 is set to Allowed in the Web service extension list in Internet Information Services Manager.