Hello, I've used this before on apache/linux servers, but not on Windows with ISAPI Rewrite. Can anyone please let me know what I need to do differently to get this working?

Do I need to provide the host with the rewrite rules or should it just run as is when turned on?

Any other info I can provide, please let me know. Thanks!

It's JoomSEF 2, additional info below:

PHP built On: Windows NT ABELLA 5.2 build 3790
Database Version: 4.1.22-community-nt
PHP Version: 5.2.0
Web Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
WebServer to PHP interface: cgi-fcgi
Joomla! Version: Joomla! 1.0.13 Stable [ Sunglow ] 21 July 2007 16:00 UTC

Anyone from Artio able to offer any input?

Hello,

the most important quesion is, what Rewrite module you are using.
For IIS6, the probably best choice - or at least the one that we know that works fine - is the Isapi Rewrite 3 from Helicon Software.

This supports almost the same rewrite directives as Apache mod_rewrite, so after installation it is usually enough to create the httpd.ini file and copy there the main rewrite directives from htaccess.txt distributed with Joomla.

With other software or Isapi Rewrite 2, the configuration may be more demanding as not all of Apache's rewrite commands may be supported. In such case, the rules need to be defined manually based on capabilities of the given rewrite engine.

IIS7 has already its own rewrite engine built-in, which also is quite compatible with Apache mod_rewrite, so the same directives may be used.

Configuration details for the individual rewrite modules (that may be usually found in the module's docs) do not fall under JoomSEF support. Anyway, if you would like us to assist you with the setup and installation on IIS, you can order JoomSEF Installation on IIS service.

Yes, we have installed Isapi Rewrite 3 from Helicon Software.

There are 3 blocks in the htaccess, what goes in the ini?
============
########## Begin - Joomla! core SEF Section
############# Use this section if using ONLY Joomla! core SEF
## ALL (RewriteCond) lines in this section are only required if you actually
## have directories named 'content' or 'component' on your server
## If you do not have directories with these names, comment them out.
#
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/component/option,com) [NC,OR] ##optional - see notes##
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|\.htm|\.php|\.html|/[^.]*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(content/|component/) index.php
#
########## End - Joomla! core SEF Section



########## Begin - 3rd Party SEF Section
############# Use this section if you are using a 3rd party (Non Joomla! core) SEF extension - e.g. OpenSEF, 404_SEF, 404SEFx, SEF Advance, etc
#
# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/component/option,com) [NC,OR] ##optional - see notes##
# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|\.htm|\.php|\.html|/[^.]*)$ [NC]
# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# RewriteRule (.*) index.php
#
########## End - 3rd Party SEF Section



########## Begin - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits
## If you experience problems on your site block out the operations listed below
## This attempts to block the most common type of exploit `attempts` to Joomla!
#
# Block out any script trying to set a mosConfig value through the URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} mosConfig_[a-zA-Z_]{1,21}(=|\%3D) [OR]
# Block out any script trying to base64_encode crap to send via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*\(.*\) [OR]
# Block out any script that includes a <script> tag in URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\<|%3C).*script.*(\>|%3E) [NC,OR]
# Block out any script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
# Block out any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
# Send all blocked request to homepage with 403 Forbidden error!
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [F,L]
#
########## End - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits

How much would it cost me to have you get this working for me?

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