This how to is enable IIS in Windows7, either using GUI or CLI. This is one of the pre-requisites for installing SharePoint 2010 on Windows7 for development purposes.
1. Click [Start] button.
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2. In the [Search Box] box, type [windows features].
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3. Click [###].
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4. Double-click [Internet Information Services] check box.
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5. Double-click [Web Management Tools] check box.
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6. Double-click [World Wide Web Services] check box.
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7. Double-click [IIS 6 Management Compatibility] check box.
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8. Double-click [Application Development Features] check box.
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9. Double-click [Common HTTP Features] check box.
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10. Drag from [Position] indicator to [Tablet PC Components] check box.
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11. Double-click [Health and Diagnostics] check box.
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12. Double-click [Performance Features] check box.
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13. Double-click [Security] check box.
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Alternatively you can use these command line to do the same thing:
Start a Command Prompt and paste in this command.
start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HttpErrors;IIS-ApplicationDevelopment;IIS-ASPNET;IIS-NetFxExtensibility;IIS-ISAPIExtensions;IIS-ISAPIFilter;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-HttpTracing;IIS-CustomLogging;IIS-Security;IIS-BasicAuthentication;IIS-WindowsAuthentication;IIS-DigestAuthentication;IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-Performance;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;IIS-ManagementConsole;IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility;IIS-Metabase;IIS-WMICompatibility;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;WAS-NetFxEnvironment;WAS-ConfigurationAPI