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In order to host a Silverlight application on IIS6 you will need to add a MIME type

• Open IIS, right-click and select properties for the Silverlight site.
• Select the tab for HTTP Headers
• Click on MIME Types
• Click New and add Extension= .xaml and Mime Type= application/xaml+xml
• Depending on the features used in your Silverlight app, you might also need to add 2 new types of
  (.xap  application/x-silverlight-app) and (.xbap  application/x-ms-xbap)