Why can't I set server level rewrite rule?

[wangxr1985 Profile]

I have installed rewrite3.1.0.73 on IIS6 (win2003 server).

I can write my rules to .htaccess file to let a single website take effect.

But when I copy the same rules to the global configuration file(httpd.conf) to apply to all my websites,that will take no effects.

There is "everyone" account permission on httpd.conf and ISAPI_Rewrite.dll.I don't think the permission is the reason of the problem.

Does any one know which reason may cause this problem?

[Anton]

Hello,

Can you please show the config that you put in httpd.conf.

[wangxr1985 Profile]

I know the reason:

If I want to rewrite index.html to index.php,

in .htaccess file I must write like this:
^index\.html$ index\.php

while in httpd.conf file I must write like this:
^/index\.html$ index\.php

a slash difference between them