From the start menu, point to Programs, Windows NT Option Pack, Microsoft Internet Information Server, and click Internet Service Manager.

• In the left pane, double-click the IIS mode.
• In the right pane, double-click the computer name node.
• Right-click Default Website and then click Properties.
• The Default Website Properties dialogue box has tabs for each property sheet.

Each site on your computer has its property sheets. A site’s general settings or features are displayed in these sheets and stored in a database called the Metabase. During the installation of IIS, default values are assigned to the properties on the property sheet. You can publish documents on your site without changing these default settings, but you can easily customize the scenes as well.

Master – When IIS is installed on your computer, specific default properties are applied to the Master property sheets. Each virtual site you create inherits these settings. If you change the settings on the Master property sheets, the following virtual areas will inherit the new settings, but previously created virtual sites will not.

To access Master property sheets, open the Internet Service Manager, right-click on your computer icon, click Properties and then click on the Edit button under the heading Master Properties.

Default – The installation process creates a Default Web site with its default properties. Every file you create within the Default Web site will inherit these settings.

Objects – Objects created in a virtual directory will inherit the virtual directory’s property sheet settings. In contrast, objects set up on the Default Web site will inherit the grounds of the Default Web site’s property sheets. After an object is created, the property sheets can be configured on the object level.

Use this property sheet to control which users have Website Operator privileges. Website operators are users with strative rights on individual Websites, so they can administer properties that affect only their area.

The Access Permissions properties appear when working with a local directory or a network share. Use these checkboxes to determine the type of access to the guide allowed.

Read – Select this check box to enable Web clients to read or download files stored in a home or virtual directory.

Write – Select this check box to enable Web clients to upload files to the enabled directory on your server or to change content in a write-enabled file.