# Cannot control IIS 7 on Windows 2008 Server
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**Created:** [October 13, 2008, 8:31am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/cannot-control-iis-7-on-windows-2008-server/1006 "2008-10-13T08:31:37Z")
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### Author:  [@wgbarnum](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/wgbarnum)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2008, 8:31am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/cannot-control-iis-7-on-windows-2008-server/1006/1 "2008-10-13T08:31:37Z")
We're have upgraded our build servers from Win2003 to Win2008 Server. We can't seem to control IIS 7.
We've read the help and searched the forums, and have made sure to install all the IIS 7 management role functions, as well as all the IIS 6 compatibility ones. No love.
Even a simple attempt to restart the localhost web server fails. When we create a "Start / Stop / Restart Website (IIS 7)" action for the local web server, we get error msg _"Could not connect to the IIS Server to retrieve a list of web site indexes. Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation."_ when we click on the Website Index dropdown. If we manually type in a "1" for the website index and then run this test action, the log shows 2 lines: (1) "_Connected to IIS server on 'localhost'_ " and then (2) "_Could not Restart website. Provider load failure_".
Prolly something simple. Anyone know?
-BillyB
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### Author:  [@wgbarnum](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/wgbarnum)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2008, 9:26am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/cannot-control-iis-7-on-windows-2008-server/1006/2 "2008-10-13T09:26:55Z")
I found the problem: Security!
Even though the user that was running FB was a member of the Domain Admins user group and Domain Admins was a member of the local Adminstrators group, I needed to run FB using the "run as Administrator" option (right-clicking on the shortcut).We're still not used to this Vista/Win2008 security model.
In fact, we still don't understand this new security world (he said sheepishly). I've seen articles on registry settings you can tweak to alleviate the problem, but can anyone recommend a book/article that explains what I can't do as a Domain Admin???!!!
-Bill