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I am trying to use IIS 7 Remote Management installed on Vista Ultimate SP1. Connection is to IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 Webserver R2. Tried on both full & core install. When I connect up, the console wants to download and install new features.

Microsoft.Web.Management.IisClient 7.5.0.0 Microsoft.Web.Management.AspnetClient 7.5.0.0

I check the boxes and click OK and it downloads them and asks if I want to install them, but after I click run it just quits. I tried just choosing one or the other, same thing. I ran IIS Remote tool as administrator. These features installed correctly on my XP machine. Any ideas?

UPDATE : If I had any Rep I would offer like 500 rep to get this fixed!

Breadtruck
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There was a bug that was fixed in Windows Vista SP2, if you install it your problem will be fixed. Alternatively you can just delete four files that are located at \windows\system32\inetsrv\ directory: Microsoft.Web.Management.AspnetClient.dll Microsoft.Web.Management.Aspnet.dll Microsoft.Web.Management.IisClient.dll Microsoft.Web.Management.Iis.dll

Deleting this files will require you to take ownership of them: (right-click -> properties -> security -> advanced -> owner -> Edit) then set owner to administrators, click ok and close all dialogs. Add permissions for you (right-click -> properties -> security -> edit -> add full permissions for administrators).

Finally delete the files, this change will not cause any side effects and will fix the problem.

Carlos Aguilar Mares
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I am not sure if it will work or install but you can try the Windows 7 Remote Administration Tools. These definitly include the management tools for R2 including IIS 7.5. However I am not sure if it will install on Wibdows Vista. I suspect the official Vista tools will be released when the Server hits public RTM.

BinaryMisfit
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