On a machine with Win 7 Enterprise (SP1, x32) I am trying to run SQL Server (Management Studio Express 2005) and IIS 7 to allow web retrieval of data and then generate reports. I am able to access the data through the intranet (not internet) using a nice UI setup so I am close to being up and running with the majority of settings and safety. The issue is with the report generator. For two sites in IIS I need Anonymous Authentication for a specific user. This user has local administrative privileges on the machine.
Trying to set the password, this error is received: "The specified password is invalid. Type a new password." The password is the correct password for the user; I have tried leaving the password field blank per advice in another post as well as setting an application pool identity with the same error as a result (the current identity is Network Service). This issue leads to another error with the report generator installation: "NT_Authority\IUSR does not have sufficient permissions"; this is why I am trying to set a specific user with strong credentials. Please let me know if you have any ideas towards a solution. Thank you.