Retrieve or Decrypt Password of an application pool in IIS 8.5 or 8.0 or 7.5 or 7.0

If you have lost or forgot the password of an application pool identity on IIS, there is a very easy way in order to retrieve it. The following procedure can be used on a server with IIS 8.5 or IIS 8.0 or IIS 7.5 or IIS 7.0. 1. Locate the application pool name from IIS … Continue reading Retrieve or Decrypt Password of an application pool in IIS 8.5 or 8.0 or 7.5 or 7.0

HTTP Error 401.1 Unauthorized Access is denied due to invalid credentials

In IIS 6, when you configure the applications to work with integrated windows authentication, sometimes you get the following error: HTTP Error 401.1 Unauthorized Access is denied due to invalid credentials In order to solve this issue, proceed with the following: run cmd go to: C:\Inetpub\Adminscripts Check if NtAuthenticationProviders metabase property is set to NTLM … Continue reading HTTP Error 401.1 Unauthorized Access is denied due to invalid credentials