How to know for sure if FastCGI is being used to run php scripts

Question

I have a hosted site and I\'m having trouble configuring Joomla (running Joomla + php + mySQL on IIS7 + win server 2008). I have a similar configuration running on a local m

Answer 1

Make sure things are set up initially to where the script fails completely when fastcgi isn't running. Then you'll know, when it works, that fastcgi daemon is the reason.