IIS doesn't run pages after installing Vista SP1

After installing Vista SP1 you may find that you can't preview pages using IIS (http://localhost/site name).

This is because the W3SVC (World Wide Web Publishing Service) service has been turned off. It need to be restarted and set to 'automatic' so it starts whenever you start the machine.

Reboot your PC. After restarting go to 'Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services', select the 'Standard' tab and scoll down to the bottom of the list to 'World Wide Web Publishing Service'.

If this is set to 'Manual' right-click, select 'Properties' and change the Startup type to 'Automatic'.

Having done this ensure that the Service Status is started and if not, use the 'Start' button.

When you now close down 'Services' and 'Administrative Tools', open EW and you should now find that you can preview using 'localhost' again.