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"

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:

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.

Windows Vista Home Basic or Windows Vista Starter have some limitations and do not support some content types.

This behavior is by design.

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