not sure that I can use it due to shared hosting !

I've just received a reply from my hosting provider, "we recommend using the isapi_rewrite but you can use iis URL Rewrite Module

by setting up a web.config file" !  so,can you guys give me some pointers? really do not know where to start. how can I include all the rules mentioned above?

thanks for the advice Owain, I've already done that. here is the code :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<configuration>

    <system.webServer>

        <rewrite>

            <rules>

                <rule name="Redirect domain.com to www" patternSyntax="Wildcard" stopProcessing="true">

                    <match url="*" />

                    <conditions>

                        <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="domain.com" />

                    </conditions>

                    <action type="Redirect" url="http://www.domain.com/{R:0}" />

                </rule>

                <rule name="redirect index.cfm to www.domain.com" patternSyntax="Wildcard" stopProcessing="true">

                    <match url="index.cfm" />

                    <conditions>

                    </conditions>

                    <action type="Redirect" url="http://www.domain.com/" />

                </rule>

                <rule name="rediret IP address to www.domain.com" patternSyntax="Wildcard" stopProcessing="true">

                    <match url="*" />

                    <conditions>

                        <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="11.222.333.444" />

                    </conditions>

                    <action type="Redirect" url="http://www.domain.com/{R:0}" />

                </rule>

            </rules>

        </rewrite>

    </system.webServer>

</configuration>

is everything ok with the code above? is there anything I should change to

1. redirect non-www version to www

2. redirect IP address to http://www.domain.com/

3. redirect index.cfm to http://www.domain.com/

I spent several hours reading/learning more about IIS URL Rewrite Module and I can safely say that I'm simply amazed at how well it works! So, who on earth would use ISAPI_Rewrite ever again as both simple and more sophisticated rules can be added easily with URL Rewrite 2.0 (for advanced rules you need to be familiar with regular expressions ofcourse). Anyway, I will continue to read about this new technology and hopefully will be able to help someone if needed in the future

"Does it do what you expect it to?" , yup, it works like a charm