Article ID: 934514 - Last Review: September 22, 2011 - Revision: 2.0

Error message when you try to visit an HTML page that is hosted in IIS 7.0 in Windows Vista Home Basic and Windows Vista Starter: "HTTP Error 404.4 - Not Found"

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SYMPTOMS

In Windows Vista Home Basic or in Windows Vista Starter, when you try to visit an HTML page that is hosted on Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0, you may receive the following error message:

HTTP Error 404.4 - Not Found

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CAUSE

This problem occurs because Windows Vista Home Basic and Windows Vista Starter do not have the static file handler installed. Therefore, you cannot handle HTML pages that are hosted on IIS 7.0.

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