How to disable WebDAV for IIS 5.0

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To completely disable WebDAV including the PUT and DELETE requests, make the following changes in the registry.
1.  Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
2.  Locate and click the following key in the registry:
               HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3SVC\Parameters
3.  On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then add the following registry value:
               Value name: DisableWebDAV
               Data type: DWORD
               Value data: 1
4.  Restart IIS. This change does not take effect until the IIS service or the server is restarted.