Issues During Cognos 10 installation

[Iksy picksy]

Hi Guys/Gurus

I desperately need help. I have installed cognos 10 on my windows 7 professional pc but i have issues in loading it up on webpage(welcome page of cognos). I know there's something which I have missed while I configured webserver for cognos(IIS7.5). I have followed steps of configuration but it ain't loading up. When I type the Gateway URL it says welcome page loading but never loads and times out. The things I've carried out while configuring server
1.created virtual dir cognos10 under default webpage
2.created virtual dir cgi-bin under cognos 10
3.added module mapping as cognos.cgi for cgi-bin folder
4. permitted exec rights for cgi -bin direc

does anybody know if I have missed something ? appreciate your help
p.s. using ie 8


Thanks
iksy

[MFGF]

Hi,

I have a document which is useful when setting up IIS for Cognos 10 on Windows 7.  It comes with no warranty or promise of success - use at your discretion. Please make any donations to the Muppet Suit Upkeep And Repair Foundation, near England. :-)

[Colin]

My first post - how exciting  ;D

I've followed the DOC above and receive a 404 when browsing to the Gateway URI.  The 404 says:

Requested URL
http://{machine name}:80/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi

Physical Path
C:\Program Files (x86)\ibm\cognos\c10\webcontent\cgi-bin\cognos.cgi

Now the physical path does not exist as the cgi-bin dir is below c10 and not webcontent.  It looks like the path being used is relative and not absolute.  Browsing http://{machine name}:80/ibmcognos loads the splash screen, freezes and eventually times outs.

Ideas?