Mystery solved: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q309508& IIS Lockdown did it... to fix go to windir\System32\Inetsrv\Urlscan\urlscan.ini and remove the .dat line or other necessary extension. -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Jameson (USA) Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:45 AM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: IIS question <offtopic> You guys are so smart! Can anyone tell me why IIS gives a 404 error on any file with a .dat extension? Thanks.. </offtopic> <>< Ryan -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php