Microsoft KB Archive/930907

= List of registry keys that are migrated when you upgrade from IIS 5.1 on Windows XP to IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista =

Article ID: 930907

Article Last Modified on 1/16/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.0

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Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure that you back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry



INTRODUCTION
When you upgrade from Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 on Microsoft Windows XP to IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista, some IIS registry keys and values are not migrated. This article lists the registry keys that are migrated and the registry keys that are not migrated.



Registry keys that are migrated
When you upgrade from Windows XP to Windows Vista, the following registry keys are migrated:
 * Registry keys and values that are located under the  key in Windows XP are migrated to the   registry key in Windows Vista. This registry key includes the following values:
 * AllowWMSSpew
 * AlwaysLogEvents
 * BreakOnFailureCausingShutdown
 * StartupWaitHintInMilliseconds
 * UseSharedWPDesktop
 * Registry keys and values that are located under the  key in Windows XP are migrated to the   registry key in Windows Vista. This registry key includes the following values:
 * MaxConcurrency
 * MaxPoolThreads
 * PoolThreadLimit
 * ThreadPoolExactThreadCount
 * ThreadPoolMaxContextSwitch
 * ThreadPoolMaxCPU
 * ThreadPoolRefTraceCounter
 * ThreadPoolStartDelay
 * ThreadPoolStartupThreadCount
 * ThreadTimeout
 * All registry keys and values that are located under the  registry key are migrated without any changes.

Registry keys that are not migrated
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

The following registry keys are not migrated from Windows XP to Windows Vista:  Registry keys and values that are located under the  key in Windows XP are not migrated to Windows Vista. This registry key includes the following values:  CacheSecurityDescriptor CheckCertRevocation DataSetCacheSize DigestContextCacheTTL DigestPartialContextCacheTTL DisableLazyContentPropagation</li> DisableMemoryCache</li> DoDirMonitoringForUNC</li> ErrorLoggingDir</li> FileAttributeCheckThreshold</li> IncrementalSiteIDCreation</li> ListenBackLog</li> LogBufferSize</li> MaxCachedFileSize</li> MemCacheSize</li> MinFileBytesPerSec</li> ObjectCacheTTL</li> UserTokenTTL</li></ul> </li> Registry keys and values that are located under the  key in Windows XP are not migrated to Windows Vista. This registry key contains settings for the IIS 6.0 WWW service and includes the following values: <ul> Default value

Note This value determines whether IIS recognizes the HTTP TRACE method.</li> LogErrorRequests</li> <li>LogSuccessfulRequests</li> <li>MaxConcurrentCgisExecuting</li> <li>SSIEnableCmdDirective</li> <li>TryExceptDisable</li> <li>UploadReadAhead</li> <li>UsePoolThreadForCGI</li></ul> </li> <li>Registry keys and values that are located under the  key in Windows XP are not migrated to Windows Vista. This registry key contains settings for active server pages and includes the following values: <ul> <li>DisableLazyContentPropagation</li> <li>ThreadMax</li> <li>DisableComPlusCpuMetric</li> <li>AspMaxResponseHeaderLength</li> <li>AspMaxPropertyStringLength</li> <li>DisableCachedResponseOnUNCAccessFailure</li> <li>F5AttackDetectionEnabled</li> <li>HangDetRequestThreshold</li> <li>HangDetThreadHungThreshold</li> <li>HangDetConsecIllStatesThreshold</li> <li>HangDetEnabled</li> <li>EnableChangeNotificationForUNC</li> <li>FileMonitoringTimeoutSeconds</li> <li>MaxCSR</li> <li>MaxCPU</li> <li>DisableOOMRecycle</li></ul> </li> <li>Registry keys and values that are located under the  key in Windows XP are not migrated to Windows Vista. This registry key contains settings for the FTP service and includes the following values: <ul> <li>Default value

Note This value determines whether the FTP service supports annotating a directory with custom messages.</li> <li>AnonymousHomeDirInfoGrace</li> <li>AnonymousHomeDirInfoInterval</li> <li>CacheAnonymousHomeDirInfo</li> <li>EnablePortAttack</li> <li>LowercaseFiles</li> <li>MaxPassiveAcceptEvents</li></ul> </li> <li>By default, the following registry key is not installed:

To add a language, you must create this registry key, add a subkey for the language that you want, and then add some values. To do this, follow these steps: <ol> <li>Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then click regedit in the Programs list.

If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click Continue.</li> <li>Locate and then click the following registry subkey:

 

</li> <li>On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click Key.</li> <li>In the New Key #1 box, type LanguageEngines, and then press ENTER.</li> <li>On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click Key.</li> <li>In the New Key #1 box, type, and then press ENTER.

Note  represents the name of the language that you want to add.</li> <li>On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click String Value.</li> <li>In the New Value #1 box, type Write, and then press ENTER.</li> <li>Right-click Write, and then click Modify.</li> <li>In the Value data box, type Response.WriteEquiv |, and then click OK.</li> <li>On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click String Value.</li> <li>In the New Value #1 box, type WriteBlock, and then press ENTER.</li> <li>Right-click WriteBlock, and then click Modify.</li> <li>In the Value data box, type Response.WriteBlockEquiv |, and then click OK.</li> <li>Close Registry Editor.</li></ol> </li></ul>

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