I've been having trouble getting a clean install of IIS5.1 on my XP Pro
SP2 system. When I install it and go to localhost, the main page starts
fine, but the IIS help page won't open - I get:

Error Type:
Server object, ASP 0177 (0x800401F3)
Invalid class string
/iishelp/iis/misc/default.asp, line 12

When I look in the code, (which is - surprisingly to me - located under
the Windows folder hierarchy instead of under Inetpubs) I see that the
line is trying to create an instance of MSWC.BrowserType.

When I look in Regedit, I see that I have entries for both
MSWC.BrowserType and MSWC.BrowserType.1. Furthermore, almost every MSWC
entry has a .1 companion. I have no idea whether or not this is normal.

My MSWC.BrowserType entry looks like this:

Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType
Class Name: <NO CLASS>
Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
Value 0
Name: <NO NAME>
Type: REG_SZ
Data: MSWC.BrowserType


Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType\CLSID
Class Name: <NO CLASS>
Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
Value 0
Name: <NO NAME>
Type: REG_SZ
Data: {0ACE4881-8305-11CF-9427-444553540000}


Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType\CurVer
Class Name: <NO CLASS>
Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
Value 0
Name: <NO NAME>
Type: REG_SZ
Data: MSWC.BrowserType.1

My BrowserType1. entry looks like this:
Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType.1
Class Name: <NO CLASS>
Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
Value 0
Name: <NO NAME>
Type: REG_SZ
Data: MSWC.BrowserType


Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType.1\CLSID
Class Name: <NO CLASS>
Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
Value 0
Name: <NO NAME>
Type: REG_SZ
Data: {0ACE4881-8305-11CF-9427-444553540000}


I've installed and uninstalled IIS several times; ditto for FP
extensions both 2000 and 2002.

thanks for any help you can provide.

Re: Trouble configuring IIS 5.1 by Tom

Tom
Thu Aug 25 15:10:12 CDT 2005

"Warren Sirota" <wsirota@wsdesigns.com> wrote in message
news:u7Lm3pYqFHA.2432@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I've been having trouble getting a clean install of IIS5.1 on my XP Pro
> SP2 system. When I install it and go to localhost, the main page starts
> fine, but the IIS help page won't open - I get:
>
> Error Type:
> Server object, ASP 0177 (0x800401F3)
> Invalid class string
> /iishelp/iis/misc/default.asp, line 12
>
> When I look in the code, (which is - surprisingly to me - located under
> the Windows folder hierarchy instead of under Inetpubs) I see that the
> line is trying to create an instance of MSWC.BrowserType.
>
> When I look in Regedit, I see that I have entries for both
> MSWC.BrowserType and MSWC.BrowserType.1. Furthermore, almost every MSWC
> entry has a .1 companion. I have no idea whether or not this is normal.
>
> My MSWC.BrowserType entry looks like this:
>
> Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType
> Class Name: <NO CLASS>
> Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
> Value 0
> Name: <NO NAME>
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: MSWC.BrowserType
>
>
> Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType\CLSID
> Class Name: <NO CLASS>
> Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
> Value 0
> Name: <NO NAME>
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: {0ACE4881-8305-11CF-9427-444553540000}
>
>
> Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType\CurVer
> Class Name: <NO CLASS>
> Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
> Value 0
> Name: <NO NAME>
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: MSWC.BrowserType.1
>
> My BrowserType1. entry looks like this:
> Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType.1
> Class Name: <NO CLASS>
> Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
> Value 0
> Name: <NO NAME>
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: MSWC.BrowserType
>
>
> Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType.1\CLSID
> Class Name: <NO CLASS>
> Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
> Value 0
> Name: <NO NAME>
> Type: REG_SZ
> Data: {0ACE4881-8305-11CF-9427-444553540000}
>
>
> I've installed and uninstalled IIS several times; ditto for FP extensions
> both 2000 and 2002.
>
> thanks for any help you can provide.

http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2134

It probably means that DLL is not present or installed on your system.

--
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Re: Trouble configuring IIS 5.1 by Warren

Warren
Fri Aug 26 08:03:37 CDT 2005

Tom Kaminski [MVP] wrote:
> "Warren Sirota" <wsirota@wsdesigns.com> wrote in message
> news:u7Lm3pYqFHA.2432@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
>>I've been having trouble getting a clean install of IIS5.1 on my XP Pro
>>SP2 system. When I install it and go to localhost, the main page starts
>>fine, but the IIS help page won't open - I get:
>>
>>Error Type:
>>Server object, ASP 0177 (0x800401F3)
>>Invalid class string
>>/iishelp/iis/misc/default.asp, line 12
>>
>>When I look in the code, (which is - surprisingly to me - located under
>>the Windows folder hierarchy instead of under Inetpubs) I see that the
>>line is trying to create an instance of MSWC.BrowserType.
>>
>>When I look in Regedit, I see that I have entries for both
>>MSWC.BrowserType and MSWC.BrowserType.1. Furthermore, almost every MSWC
>>entry has a .1 companion. I have no idea whether or not this is normal.
>>
>>My MSWC.BrowserType entry looks like this:
>>
>>Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType
>>Class Name: <NO CLASS>
>>Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
>>Value 0
>> Name: <NO NAME>
>> Type: REG_SZ
>> Data: MSWC.BrowserType
>>
>>
>>Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType\CLSID
>>Class Name: <NO CLASS>
>>Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
>>Value 0
>> Name: <NO NAME>
>> Type: REG_SZ
>> Data: {0ACE4881-8305-11CF-9427-444553540000}
>>
>>
>>Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType\CurVer
>>Class Name: <NO CLASS>
>>Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
>>Value 0
>> Name: <NO NAME>
>> Type: REG_SZ
>> Data: MSWC.BrowserType.1
>>
>>My BrowserType1. entry looks like this:
>>Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType.1
>>Class Name: <NO CLASS>
>>Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
>>Value 0
>> Name: <NO NAME>
>> Type: REG_SZ
>> Data: MSWC.BrowserType
>>
>>
>>Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType.1\CLSID
>>Class Name: <NO CLASS>
>>Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
>>Value 0
>> Name: <NO NAME>
>> Type: REG_SZ
>> Data: {0ACE4881-8305-11CF-9427-444553540000}
>>
>>
>>I've installed and uninstalled IIS several times; ditto for FP extensions
>>both 2000 and 2002.
>>
>>thanks for any help you can provide.
>
>
> http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2134
>
> It probably means that DLL is not present or installed on your system.
>
Well, OK, that's a step towards a solution. Why didn't the IIS install
put it on my system, since it apparently needs it, and how do I get it
there? I have no idea what dll that class resides in.

Re: Trouble configuring IIS 5.1 by Tom

Tom
Fri Aug 26 08:40:24 CDT 2005

"Warren Sirota" <wsirota@wsdesigns.com> wrote in message
news:%238XU85jqFHA.3160@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Tom Kaminski [MVP] wrote:
>> "Warren Sirota" <wsirota@wsdesigns.com> wrote in message
>> news:u7Lm3pYqFHA.2432@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>I've been having trouble getting a clean install of IIS5.1 on my XP Pro
>>>SP2 system. When I install it and go to localhost, the main page starts
>>>fine, but the IIS help page won't open - I get:
>>>
>>>Error Type:
>>>Server object, ASP 0177 (0x800401F3)
>>>Invalid class string
>>>/iishelp/iis/misc/default.asp, line 12
>>>
>>>When I look in the code, (which is - surprisingly to me - located under
>>>the Windows folder hierarchy instead of under Inetpubs) I see that the
>>>line is trying to create an instance of MSWC.BrowserType.
>>>
>>>When I look in Regedit, I see that I have entries for both
>>>MSWC.BrowserType and MSWC.BrowserType.1. Furthermore, almost every MSWC
>>>entry has a .1 companion. I have no idea whether or not this is normal.
>>>
>>>My MSWC.BrowserType entry looks like this:
>>>
>>>Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType
>>>Class Name: <NO CLASS>
>>>Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
>>>Value 0
>>> Name: <NO NAME>
>>> Type: REG_SZ
>>> Data: MSWC.BrowserType
>>>
>>>
>>>Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType\CLSID
>>>Class Name: <NO CLASS>
>>>Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
>>>Value 0
>>> Name: <NO NAME>
>>> Type: REG_SZ
>>> Data: {0ACE4881-8305-11CF-9427-444553540000}
>>>
>>>
>>>Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType\CurVer
>>>Class Name: <NO CLASS>
>>>Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
>>>Value 0
>>> Name: <NO NAME>
>>> Type: REG_SZ
>>> Data: MSWC.BrowserType.1
>>>
>>>My BrowserType1. entry looks like this:
>>>Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType.1
>>>Class Name: <NO CLASS>
>>>Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
>>>Value 0
>>> Name: <NO NAME>
>>> Type: REG_SZ
>>> Data: MSWC.BrowserType
>>>
>>>
>>>Key Name: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSWC.BrowserType.1\CLSID
>>>Class Name: <NO CLASS>
>>>Last Write Time: 8/25/2005 - 11:23 AM
>>>Value 0
>>> Name: <NO NAME>
>>> Type: REG_SZ
>>> Data: {0ACE4881-8305-11CF-9427-444553540000}
>>>
>>>
>>>I've installed and uninstalled IIS several times; ditto for FP extensions
>>>both 2000 and 2002.
>>>
>>>thanks for any help you can provide.
>>
>>
>> http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2134
>>
>> It probably means that DLL is not present or installed on your system.
>>
> Well, OK, that's a step towards a solution. Why didn't the IIS install put
> it on my system, since it apparently needs it, and how do I get it there?
> I have no idea what dll that class resides in.

Some possible solutions:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q274038/

--
Tom Kaminski IIS MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/centers/iis/
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
http://www.iistoolshed.com/ - tools, scripts, and utilities for running IIS