SEF urls not working on IIS 8

[silicon_ian]

I have gone through the guide to enable SEF urls on my site but they do not work. You get to the index page, when you click on a link it rewrites the url correctly and reloads the index page.

I have also browsed the forums for similar issues, but I can not seem to find a solution.

Places I have already looked:
https://docs.joomla.org/IIS
https://docs.joomla.org/Special:MyLangu ... (SEF)_URLs
https://docs.joomla.org/Enabling_Search ... S/IIS6/1.5 - Not applicable
https://docs.joomla.org/Enabling_Search ... RLs_on_IIS
https://docs.joomla.org/IIS7_and_SEF_UR ... oomla_1.5x
https://docs.joomla.org/Special:MyLangu ... (SEF)_URLs

This post was very close to the issue that I am having but not IIS8 specific: viewtopic.php?f=712&t=967094&p=3547406& ... y#p3547406

This site is not on the internet, and I am aware that I have way to many 777 permissions.

Here is the Post Assistant output,

Joomla! Instance :: Joomla! 3.9.10-Stable (Amani) 10-July-2019
Joomla! Platform :: Joomla Platform 13.1.0-Stable (Curiosity) 24-Apr-2013
Joomla! Configured :: Yes | Read-Only (444) | Owner: --protected-- . (uid: /gid: ) | Group: --protected-- (gid: ) | Valid For: 3.9
Configuration Options :: Offline: false | SEF: true | SEF Suffix: false | SEF ReWrite: false | .htaccess/web.config: Yes | GZip: true | Cache: false | CacheTime: 15 | CacheHandler: file | CachePlatformPrefix: false | FTP Layer: false | Proxy: false | LiveSite: http://carmischools.org | Session lifetime: 15 | Session handler: database | Shared sessions: false | SSL: 0 | Error Reporting: default | Site Debug: false | Language Debug: false | Default Access: 1 | Unicode Slugs: false | dbConnection Type: mysqli | PHP Supports J! 3.9.10: Yes | Database Supports J! 3.9.10: Yes | Database Credentials Present: Yes |

Host Configuration :: OS: Windows NT | OS Version: 6.3 | Technology: AMD64 | Web Server: Microsoft-IIS/8.5 | Encoding: gzip, deflate | Doc Root: --protected-- | System TMP Writable: Yes | Free Disk Space : 98.48 GiB |

PHP Configuration :: Version: 7.3.7 | PHP API: cgi-fcgi | Session Path Writable: Yes | Display Errors: | Error Reporting: 22527 | Log Errors To: C:\Windows\temp\PHP73x64_errors.log | Last Known Error: 31st July 2019 15:17:32. | Register Globals: | Magic Quotes: | Safe Mode: | Allow url fopen: 1 | Open Base: | Uploads: 1 | Max. Upload Size: 60M | Max. POST Size: 60M | Max. Input Time: 60 | Max. Execution Time: 300 | Memory Limit: 128M

Database Configuration :: Version: 5.1.73-community (Client:mysqlnd 5.0.12-dev - 20150407 - $Id: 7cc7cc96e675f6d72e5cf0f267f48e167c2abb23 $) | Host: --protected-- (--protected--) | default Collation: utf8_general_ci (default Character Set: utf8) | Database Size: 6.06 MiB | #of Tables: 111

PHP Extensions :: Core (7.3.7) | bcmath (7.3.7) | calendar (7.3.7) | ctype (7.3.7) | date (7.3.7) | filter (7.3.7) | hash (7.3.7) | iconv (7.3.7) | json (1.7.0) | SPL (7.3.7) | pcre (7.3.7) | readline (7.3.7) | Reflection (7.3.7) | session (7.3.7) | standard (7.3.7) | mysqlnd (mysqlnd 5.0.12-dev - 20150407 - $Id: 7cc7cc96e675f6d72e5cf0f267f48e167c2abb23 $) | tokenizer (7.3.7) | zip (1.15.4) | zlib (7.3.7) | libxml (7.3.7) | dom (20031129) | PDO (7.3.7) | openssl (7.3.7) | SimpleXML (7.3.7) | xml (7.3.7) | wddx (7.3.7) | xmlreader (7.3.7) | xmlwriter (7.3.7) | cgi-fcgi () | mysqli (7.3.7) | mbstring (7.3.7) | gd (7.3.7) | gettext (7.3.7) | curl (7.3.7) | exif (7.3.7) | xmlrpc (7.3.7) | Phar (7.3.7) | soap (7.3.7) | pdo_mysql (7.3.7) | pdo_sqlite (7.3.7) | imap (7.3.7) | tidy (7.3.7) | wincache (2.0.0.8) | Zend Engine (3.3.7) |
Potential Missing Extensions ::

Switch User Environment (Experimental) :: PHP CGI: Yes | Server SU: No | PHP SU: Yes | Custom SU (LiteSpeed/Cloud/Grid): Yes
Potential Ownership Issues: No

Core Folders :: images/ (777) | components/ (777) | modules/ (777) | plugins/ (777) | language/ (777) | templates/ (777) | cache/ (777) | logs/ (---) | tmp/ (777) | administrator/components/ (777) | administrator/modules/ (777) | administrator/language/ (777) | administrator/templates/ (777) | administrator/logs/ (777) |

Elevated Permissions (First 10) :: administrator/ (777) | administrator/cache/ (777) | administrator/components/ (777) | administrator/components/com_actionlogs/ (777) | administrator/components/com_actionlogs/controllers/ (777) | administrator/components/com_actionlogs/helpers/ (777) | administrator/components/com_actionlogs/layouts/ (777) | administrator/components/com_actionlogs/libraries/ (777) | administrator/components/com_actionlogs/models/ (777) | administrator/components/com_actionlogs/models/fields/ (777) |

Database statistics :: Uptime: 12529 | Threads: 1 | Questions: 5805 | Slow queries: 0 | Opens: 525 | Flush tables: 1 | Open tables: 114 | Queries per second avg: 0.463 |

Components :: SITE ::
Core :: com_mailto (3.0.0) 1 | com_wrapper (3.0.0) 1 |
3rd Party::

Components :: ADMIN ::
Core :: com_actionlogs (3.9.0) 1 | com_admin (3.0.0) 1 | com_ajax (3.2.0) 1 | com_associations (3.7.0) 1 | com_banners (3.0.0) 1 | com_cache (3.0.0) 1 | com_categories (3.0.0) 1 | com_checkin (3.0.0) 1 | com_config (3.0.0) 1 | com_content (3.0.0) 1 | com_contenthistory (3.2.0) 1 | com_cpanel (3.0.0) 1 | com_fields (3.7.0) 1 | com_finder (3.0.0) 1 | com_installer (3.0.0) 1 | com_joomlaupdate (3.6.2) 1 | com_languages (3.0.0) 1 | com_login (3.0.0) 1 | com_media (3.0.0) 1 | com_menus (3.0.0) 1 | com_messages (3.0.0) 1 | com_modules (3.0.0) 1 | com_newsfeeds (3.0.0) 1 | com_plugins (3.0.0) 1 | com_postinstall (3.2.0) 1 | com_privacy (3.9.0) 1 | com_redirect (3.0.0) 1 | com_search (3.0.0) 1 | com_tags (3.1.0) 1 | com_templates (3.0.0) 1 | com_users (3.0.0) 1 |
3rd Party:: com_docman (2.1.6) 1 | com_extman (2.2.7) 1 | com_fileman (2.1.5) 1 | COM_MIGRATEME (2.8.16) 1 |

Modules :: SITE ::
Core :: mod_articles_archive (3.0.0) 1 | mod_articles_categories (3.0.0) 1 | mod_articles_category (3.0.0) 1 | mod_articles_latest (3.0.0) 1 | mod_articles_news (3.0.0) 1 | mod_articles_popular (3.0.0) 1 | mod_banners (3.0.0) 1 | mod_breadcrumbs (3.0.0) 1 | mod_custom (3.0.0) 1 | mod_feed (3.0.0) 1 | mod_finder (3.0.0) 1 | mod_footer (3.0.0) 1 | mod_languages (3.5.0) 1 | mod_login (3.0.0) 1 | mod_menu (3.0.0) 1 | mod_random_image (3.0.0) 1 | mod_related_items (3.0.0) 1 | mod_search (3.0.0) 1 | mod_stats (3.0.0) 1 | mod_syndicate (3.0.0) 1 | mod_tags_popular (3.1.0) 1 | mod_tags_similar (3.1.0) 1 | mod_users_latest (3.0.0) 1 | mod_whosonline (3.0.0) 1 | mod_wrapper (3.0.0) 1 |
3rd Party:: mod_docman_categories (2.1.6) 1 | mod_docman_documents (2.1.6) 1 |

Modules :: ADMIN ::
Core :: mod_custom (3.0.0) 1 | mod_feed (3.0.0) 1 | mod_latest (3.0.0) 1 | mod_latestactions (3.9.0) 1 | mod_logged (3.0.0) 1 | mod_login (3.0.0) 1 | mod_menu (3.0.0) 1 | mod_multilangstatus (3.0.0) 1 | mod_popular (3.0.0) 1 | mod_privacy_dashboard (3.9.0) 1 | mod_quickicon (3.0.0) 1 | mod_sampledata (3.8.0) 1 | mod_stats_admin (3.0.0) 1 | mod_status (3.0.0) 1 | mod_submenu (3.0.0) 1 | mod_title (3.0.0) 1 | mod_toolbar (3.0.0) 1 | mod_version (3.0.0) 1 |
3rd Party::

Libraries ::
Core ::
3rd Party::

Plugins ::
Core :: PLG_ACTIONLOG_JOOMLA (3.9.0) 1 | plg_authentication_cookie (3.0.0) 1 | plg_authentication_gmail (3.0.0) 0 | plg_authentication_joomla (3.0.0) 1 | plg_authentication_ldap (3.0.0) 0 | plg_captcha_recaptcha (3.4.0) 0 | plg_captcha_recaptcha_invisible (3.8) 0 | plg_content_confirmconsent (3.9.0) 0 | plg_content_emailcloak (3.0.0) 1 | plg_content_fields (3.7.0) 1 | plg_content_finder (3.0.0) 0 | plg_content_joomla (3.0.0) 1 | plg_content_loadmodule (3.0.0) 1 | plg_content_pagebreak (3.0.0) 1 | plg_content_pagenavigation (3.0.0) 1 | plg_content_vote (3.0.0) 0 | plg_editors-xtd_article (3.0.0) 1 | plg_editors-xtd_fields (3.7.0) 1 | plg_editors-xtd_image (3.0.0) 1 | plg_editors-xtd_menu (3.7.0) 1 | plg_editors-xtd_module (3.5.0) 1 | plg_editors-xtd_pagebreak (3.0.0) 1 | plg_editors-xtd_readmore (3.0.0) 1 | plg_extension_joomla (3.0.0) 1 | plg_fields_calendar (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_checkboxes (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_color (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_editor (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_imagelist (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_integer (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_list (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_media (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_radio (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_repeatable (3.9.0) 1 | plg_fields_sql (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_text (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_textarea (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_url (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_user (3.7.0) 1 | plg_fields_usergrouplist (3.7.0) 1 | plg_finder_categories (3.0.0) 1 | plg_finder_contacts (3.0.0) 1 | plg_finder_content (3.0.0) 1 | plg_finder_newsfeeds (3.0.0) 1 | plg_finder_tags (3.0.0) 1 | PLG_INSTALLER_FOLDERINSTALLER (3.6.0) 1 | plg_installer_packageinstaller (3.6.0) 1 | PLG_INSTALLER_URLINSTALLER (3.6.0) 1 | plg_installer_webinstaller (2.0.1) 1 | plg_privacy_actionlogs (3.9.0) 1 | plg_privacy_consents (3.9.0) 1 | plg_privacy_content (3.9.0) 1 | plg_privacy_message (3.9.0) 1 | plg_privacy_user (3.9.0) 1 | plg_quickicon_extensionupdate (3.0.0) 1 | plg_quickicon_joomlaupdate (3.0.0) 1 | plg_quickicon_phpversioncheck (3.7.0) 1 | plg_quickicon_privacycheck (3.9.0) 1 | plg_search_categories (3.0.0) 1 | plg_search_contacts (3.0.0) 1 | plg_search_content (3.0.0) 1 | plg_search_newsfeeds (3.0.0) 1 | plg_search_tags (3.0.0) 1 | PLG_SYSTEM_ACTIONLOGS (3.9.0) 1 | plg_system_cache (3.0.0) 0 | plg_system_debug (3.0.0) 1 | plg_system_fields (3.7.0) 1 | plg_system_highlight (3.0.0) 1 | plg_system_languagecode (3.0.0) 0 | plg_system_languagefilter (3.0.0) 0 | plg_system_log (3.0.0) 1 | plg_system_logout (3.0.0) 1 | plg_system_logrotation (3.9.0) 1 | plg_system_p3p (3.0.0) 0 | plg_system_privacyconsent (3.9.0) 0 | plg_system_redirect (3.0.0) 0 | plg_system_remember (3.0.0) 1 | plg_system_sef (3.0.0) 1 | plg_system_sessiongc (3.8.6) 1 | plg_system_stats (3.5.0) 1 | plg_system_updatenotification (3.5.0) 1 | plg_twofactorauth_totp (3.2.0) 0 | plg_twofactorauth_yubikey (3.2.0) 0 | plg_user_contactcreator (3.0.0) 0 | plg_user_joomla (3.0.0) 1 | plg_user_profile (3.0.0) 0 | plg_user_terms (3.9.0) 0 |
3rd Party:: plg_content_doclink (2.1.6) 1 | plg_editors_codemirror (5.40.0) 1 | plg_editors_tinymce (4.5.11) 1 | plg_editors-xtd_doclink (2.1.6) 1 | Button - FILElink (2.1.5) 1 | plg_finder_docman (2.1.6) 0 | plg_search_docman (2.1.6) 1 | plg_system_directalias (2.0.0) 0 | plg_system_koowa (2.1.7) 1 | plg_system_ossystem (1.3.0) 1 |

Templates :: SITE :: beez3 (3.1.0) 1 | js_community (4.3.7) 1 | protostar (1.0) 1 |
Templates :: ADMIN :: hathor (3.0.0) 1 | isis (1.0) 1 |

I would greatly appreciate any help!

[Per Yngve Berg]

Have you renamed webconfig.txt to web.config?

File permissions on Windows differ from Linux, so you will always have 777.

[silicon_ian]

Yes, I have renamed the webconfig.txt to web.config

Here is the file,

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
   <location path=".">
   <system.webServer>
       <directoryBrowse enabled="false" />
       <rewrite>
      <rules>
        <rule name="Security Rule" stopProcessing="true">
          <match url="^(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" />
          <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAny">
            <add input="{QUERY_STRING}" pattern="mosConfig_[a-zA-Z_]{1,21}(=|\%3D)" ignoreCase="false" />
            <add input="{QUERY_STRING}" pattern="base64_encode.*\(.*\)" ignoreCase="false" />
            <add input="{QUERY_STRING}" pattern="(\&lt;|%3C).*script.*(\>|%3E)" />
            <add input="{QUERY_STRING}" pattern="GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})" ignoreCase="false" />
            <add input="{QUERY_STRING}" pattern="_REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})" ignoreCase="false" />
          </conditions>
          <action type="CustomResponse" url="index.php" statusCode="403" statusReason="Forbidden" statusDescription="Forbidden" />
        </rule>
        <rule name="SEO Rule">
          <match url="(.*)" ignoreCase="false" />
          <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
            <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" pattern="" ignoreCase="false" />
            <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" pattern="" ignoreCase="false" />
            <add input="{URL}" negate="true" pattern="^/index.php" ignoreCase="false" />
            <add input="{URL}" pattern="(/|\.php|\.html|\.htm|\.feed|\.pdf|\.raw|/[^.]*)$" />
          </conditions>
          <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" />
        </rule>
      </rules>
       </rewrite>
       <httpProtocol>
           <customHeaders>
               <add name="X-Content-Type-Options" value="nosniff" />
           </customHeaders>
       </httpProtocol>
            <handlers>
                <remove name="AboMapperCustom-189805" />
                <add name="AboMapperCustom-189805" path="*.php" verb="*" modules="CgiModule" scriptProcessor="C:\Program Files\PHP\v7.3\php-cgi.exe" resourceType="Unspecified" requireAccess="Script" responseBufferLimit="0" />
            </handlers>
   </system.webServer>
   </location>
</configuration>

[abernyte]

Remove the live site variable from configuration.php and leave it empty, you don't need it in a properly configured server.