IIS7 defines a defaultDocument section in its configuration files which can be found in the %WinDir%\System32\InetSrv\Config folder. Most likely, the file index. Aspx is already defined as a default document in one of IIS7's configuration files and you are adding it again in your web.config.
The ideal scenario is to have in config so the application can be deployed to any server without having to reconfigure. IMHO I think the implementation within IIS is poor.
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