Can't run IIS apps as protection Medium (pooled)

I'm running XP Pro and IE6 with all service packs and hot fixes (Windows Update has nothing more for me). I created a simple "Hello" .asp page and put it in my wwwroot. If I try to browse it as http://127.0.0.1/hello.asp I get browser message "Class does not exist". I have the same problem if I try to access IIS help. I can access a copy of the page as http://127.0.0.1/hello.htm just fine

If I change the protection level from Medium (pooled) to low everything works fine. I have seen this exact problem documented earlier this month with a recommendation from MS to resync the password for IWAM. I saw the same resync advice in several MS online tech articles. I reset passwords for IWAM and IUSR in user mgr, reset them to match in the IIS metabase, and ran synciwam.vbs, all done successfully. However I still have the problem

Is there another possible reason for this problem, or must I just run my apps with protection low?

Ken
Sun Feb 22 21:24:35 CST 2004

Can you do the following check please?
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Open the local security policy editor, by typing gpedit.msc in Start -> Run

In Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local
Policies->User Rights Assisgnment, check if IWAM account has been
granted with the 'Bypass traverse checking' right. By default, the
local Everyone group has this permission.
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Also, can you remote the global.asa file that you have, and see if you get
the same error? (perhaps there's something in global.asa that's causing the
problem - that would help us locate the file that's causing your grief)

Otherwise, can you post the exact error you are seeing please?

Cheers
Ken

"tr" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2591B156-64DA-4B85-A748-8143A22E680D@microsoft.com...
: I'm running XP Pro and IE6 with all service packs and hot fixes (Windows
Update has nothing more for me). I created a simple "Hello" .asp page and
put it in my wwwroot. If I try to browse it as http://127.0.0.1/hello.asp I
get browser message "Class does not exist". I have the same problem if I try
to access IIS help. I can access a copy of the page as
http://127.0.0.1/hello.htm just fine.
:
: If I change the protection level from Medium (pooled) to low everything
works fine. I have seen this exact problem documented earlier this month
with a recommendation from MS to resync the password for IWAM. I saw the
same resync advice in several MS online tech articles. I reset passwords for
IWAM and IUSR in user mgr, reset them to match in the IIS metabase, and ran
synciwam.vbs, all done successfully. However I still have the problem.
:
: Is there another possible reason for this problem, or must I just run my
apps with protection low?

anonymous
Mon Feb 23 20:06:05 CST 2004

There is no global.asa file. This is a new machine with ALL Windows Updates applied. It has just the standard inetpub resulting from the IIS install with the addition of my hello.asp file

The policy editor shows the following accounts with "Bypass traverse checking"
Administrators, Backup Operators, Everyone, Power Users, User
When I check Propeties for the IWAM account no groups are listed on the "Member of" tab

In IE with friendly msgs turned off I get the msg "Class does not exist" in the browser client area. With friendly msgs turned on it just comes out as an HTTP 500

Below is a COM+ event id 4786 entry for IIS Out of Process Pooled Applications I found in the application event log"
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The system has called a custom component and that component has failed and generated an exception. This indicates a problem with the custom component. Notify the developer of this component that a failure has occurred and provide them with the information below.
Component Prog ID:
Server Application ID: {3D14228D-FBE1-11D0-995D-00C04FD919C1
Server Application Instance ID
{3371BBFD-783C-4A90-9F2E-CB697033F37D
Server Application Name: IIS Out-Of-Process Pooled Application
The serious nature of this error has caused the process to terminate
Exception: C000000
Address: 0x77F69EC
Call Stack:
ntdll!RtlpWaitForCriticalSection + 0x8
ntdll!RtlEnterCriticalSection + 0x4
wam!DllRegisterServer + 0x18
ole32!CoMarshalInterface + 0x6B
ole32!CoRevertToSelf + 0xC1
ole32!UpdateDCOMSettings + 0x3E1
ole32!CoQueryProxyBlanket + 0x233