Why won't IIS serve ASP pages?

I posted this question for the Win Media Center Edition discussion group; I
should probably have posted it here instead. Here's the situation, I'd love
to have your insights:

Recently got a new box running Win MCE (2002). Installed IIS components
without any trouble, and it appears that all of the required directories
(inetpub, wwwroot, etc) are in place, as are iisstart.asp and localstart.asp.
The network is functioning; I pinged localhost and computer_name and
everything ran as it should. Any html file serves just fine through
http://localhost/. The problem is that it will not serve any .asp files,
including localstart.asp. I keep getting the error 500 white screen. Even
unchecking the friendly error messages doesn't give me anything useful
(although I'm not entirely sure where to go looking on the computer for a
detailed logfile entry about the error).

I've been all through the MMC a dozen times looking for anything unusual.
The default web is there. I don't know exactly what the permissions should be
set to, but this is a development system for me alone, and I'm logged on as
an administrator, with script execution permission set, so that should not be
the problem. Some versions of IIS apparently allow you to designate which
file extensions to allow and which to block. (V6.0 apparently comes locked
down, so the ASP extension has to be selected in order to display ASP files,
but I can't find anything similar in v5.1.) Am I just overlooking it?

I give up. What's left to consider? I've done this on previous machines (XP
Pro) and don't remember having these sorts of mysteries on my hands. Please
offer the most likely steps I should take to resolve this. It just can't be
as hard as I've made it!

Anthony
Tue May 02 08:28:02 CDT 2006

Uha

%SYSTEMROOT%\windows\System32\LogFiles\W3SVC1\*.log

try view by modified, click last one ;)

"Cal Learner" wrote:

> I posted this question for the Win Media Center Edition discussion group; I
> should probably have posted it here instead. Here's the situation, I'd love
> to have your insights:
>
> Recently got a new box running Win MCE (2002). Installed IIS components
> without any trouble, and it appears that all of the required directories
> (inetpub, wwwroot, etc) are in place, as are iisstart.asp and localstart.asp.
> The network is functioning; I pinged localhost and computer_name and
> everything ran as it should. Any html file serves just fine through
> http://localhost/. The problem is that it will not serve any .asp files,
> including localstart.asp. I keep getting the error 500 white screen. Even
> unchecking the friendly error messages doesn't give me anything useful
> (although I'm not entirely sure where to go looking on the computer for a
> detailed logfile entry about the error).
>
> I've been all through the MMC a dozen times looking for anything unusual.
> The default web is there. I don't know exactly what the permissions should be
> set to, but this is a development system for me alone, and I'm logged on as
> an administrator, with script execution permission set, so that should not be
> the problem. Some versions of IIS apparently allow you to designate which
> file extensions to allow and which to block. (V6.0 apparently comes locked
> down, so the ASP extension has to be selected in order to display ASP files,
> but I can't find anything similar in v5.1.) Am I just overlooking it?
>
> I give up. What's left to consider? I've done this on previous machines (XP
> Pro) and don't remember having these sorts of mysteries on my hands. Please
> offer the most likely steps I should take to resolve this. It just can't be
> as hard as I've made it!
>

Jeroen
Tue May 02 10:33:01 CDT 2006

anything at all in the event logs? Does the iusr have read access to
the asp.dll?

Jeroen
http://wijnands.xs4all.nl

Tom
Tue May 02 11:01:36 CDT 2006

"Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DAC29E1B-E6BE-4F1F-B145-50E7E7E3DAB6@microsoft.com...
>I posted this question for the Win Media Center Edition discussion group; I
> should probably have posted it here instead. Here's the situation, I'd
> love
> to have your insights:
>
> Recently got a new box running Win MCE (2002). Installed IIS components
> without any trouble, and it appears that all of the required directories
> (inetpub, wwwroot, etc) are in place, as are iisstart.asp and
> localstart.asp.
> The network is functioning; I pinged localhost and computer_name and
> everything ran as it should. Any html file serves just fine through
> http://localhost/. The problem is that it will not serve any .asp files,
> including localstart.asp. I keep getting the error 500 white screen. Even
> unchecking the friendly error messages doesn't give me anything useful
> (although I'm not entirely sure where to go looking on the computer for a
> detailed logfile entry about the error).

Start here: http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2109

--
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

CalLearner
Tue May 02 20:57:02 CDT 2006

Sorry to be so long in responding. I think this is the correct event log entry:

Event ID 36
The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/Root'. the error was
'Class not registered'.

Please remind me where to check on the permissions for IUSR. Thanks for
helping out.

"Jeroen Wijnands" wrote:

> anything at all in the event logs? Does the iusr have read access to
> the asp.dll?
>
> Jeroen
> http://wijnands.xs4all.nl
>
>

CalLearner
Tue May 02 21:01:01 CDT 2006

Thanks, Tom. I've been all through that link site before, without finding
anything that made the difference. My settings were either already what was
suggested, or I changed them to match, without success. Please check out the
event log entry I posted above in reply to Jeroen. Maybe that'll clear up
everything in your mind; it sure doesn't in mine, though.

"Tom Kaminski [MVP]" wrote:

> "Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DAC29E1B-E6BE-4F1F-B145-50E7E7E3DAB6@microsoft.com...
> >I posted this question for the Win Media Center Edition discussion group; I
> > should probably have posted it here instead. Here's the situation, I'd
> > love
> > to have your insights:
> >
> > Recently got a new box running Win MCE (2002). Installed IIS components
> > without any trouble, and it appears that all of the required directories
> > (inetpub, wwwroot, etc) are in place, as are iisstart.asp and
> > localstart.asp.
> > The network is functioning; I pinged localhost and computer_name and
> > everything ran as it should. Any html file serves just fine through
> > http://localhost/. The problem is that it will not serve any .asp files,
> > including localstart.asp. I keep getting the error 500 white screen. Even
> > unchecking the friendly error messages doesn't give me anything useful
> > (although I'm not entirely sure where to go looking on the computer for a
> > detailed logfile entry about the error).
>
> Start here: http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2109
>
> --
> 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
>
>
>

Tom
Wed May 03 07:45:07 CDT 2006

"Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EB634F5F-1F99-42C0-BBC7-4ACE67CAD600@microsoft.com...
> Sorry to be so long in responding. I think this is the correct event log
> entry:
>
> Event ID 36
> The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/Root'. the error was
> 'Class not registered'.

Try this then:
http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2226
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=36&eventno=12&source=W3SVC&phase=1

--
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

CalLearner
Wed May 03 19:51:02 CDT 2006

This is getting old! Event 36 error persists, despite deleting and recreating
DCOM, restting IIS, downloading .NET Framework. The latest clues as to the
problem are the following:

1. Can't find dtcsetup.exe file to reinstall the DTC
2. Constant MMC error message 8004e00f COM+ was unable to talk with MS-DTC
3. Tried to run regsvr32 asptxn.dll and got error msg: 'DllRegisterServer in
asptxn.dll failed'.

Sure seems like there's a problem with the DTC (or more likely, it isn't
even present). Why is this, and how do I go about getting it? Where does that
object come from?

"Tom Kaminski [MVP]" wrote:

> "Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EB634F5F-1F99-42C0-BBC7-4ACE67CAD600@microsoft.com...
> > Sorry to be so long in responding. I think this is the correct event log
> > entry:
> >
> > Event ID 36
> > The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/Root'. the error was
> > 'Class not registered'.
>
> Try this then:
> http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2226
> http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=36&eventno=12&source=W3SVC&phase=1
>
> --
> 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
>
>
>

CalLearner
Wed May 03 20:02:01 CDT 2006

This is getting old. The Event ID 36 persists, despite deleting and
recreating DCOM, downloading .NET Framework, resetting IIS, and a few other
things. The latest clues of what's happening are the following:

1. Can't find the file dtcsetup.exe to reinstall DTC
2. Constantly get MMC error msg: 8004E00F COM+ was unable to talk with MS-DTC
3. Ran regsvr32 asptxn.dll and got error msg: DllRegisterServer in
asptxn.dll failed

Sure seems like there's a problem with the DTC (or maybe it's not even
there). What's the fix for this? Where does DTC come from?

"Tom Kaminski [MVP]" wrote:

> "Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EB634F5F-1F99-42C0-BBC7-4ACE67CAD600@microsoft.com...
> > Sorry to be so long in responding. I think this is the correct event log
> > entry:
> >
> > Event ID 36
> > The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/Root'. the error was
> > 'Class not registered'.
>
> Try this then:
> http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2226
> http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=36&eventno=12&source=W3SVC&phase=1
>
> --
> 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
>
>
>

jeff
Wed May 03 22:12:15 CDT 2006

On Tue, 2 May 2006 18:57:02 -0700, Cal Learner
<CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Sorry to be so long in responding. I think this is the correct event log entry:
>
>Event ID 36
>The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/Root'. the error was
>'Class not registered'.

Google that error or check eventid.net for the anwer.

Jeff

Ed
Thu May 04 06:48:03 CDT 2006

Cal,
What brand computer are you using? I have the same problem on an HP
Paviliaon DV1000. Working with their tech support, eventID.net and all I
could find, I couldn't resolve the problem. I returned the computer to HP
for repair of the issue and they assured me they would fix it. They
returned it with a freshly imaged hard drive thinking that would solve the
problem, but never tested it. Nothing has worked. HP has finally told me
they aren't going to offer any more support because it's a "network" issue.
Horrible service from day one with them. This will be the last HP product I
ever buy. I'm still stuck.
Ed Finley


"Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DAAC8756-4F39-468B-B519-02F2330EE9AF@microsoft.com...
> Thanks, Tom. I've been all through that link site before, without finding
> anything that made the difference. My settings were either already what
> was
> suggested, or I changed them to match, without success. Please check out
> the
> event log entry I posted above in reply to Jeroen. Maybe that'll clear up
> everything in your mind; it sure doesn't in mine, though.
>
> "Tom Kaminski [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> "Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:DAC29E1B-E6BE-4F1F-B145-50E7E7E3DAB6@microsoft.com...
>> >I posted this question for the Win Media Center Edition discussion
>> >group; I
>> > should probably have posted it here instead. Here's the situation, I'd
>> > love
>> > to have your insights:
>> >
>> > Recently got a new box running Win MCE (2002). Installed IIS components
>> > without any trouble, and it appears that all of the required
>> > directories
>> > (inetpub, wwwroot, etc) are in place, as are iisstart.asp and
>> > localstart.asp.
>> > The network is functioning; I pinged localhost and computer_name and
>> > everything ran as it should. Any html file serves just fine through
>> > http://localhost/. The problem is that it will not serve any .asp
>> > files,
>> > including localstart.asp. I keep getting the error 500 white screen.
>> > Even
>> > unchecking the friendly error messages doesn't give me anything useful
>> > (although I'm not entirely sure where to go looking on the computer for
>> > a
>> > detailed logfile entry about the error).
>>
>> Start here: http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2109
>>
>> --
>> 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
>>
>>
>>

CalLearner
Thu May 04 06:56:02 CDT 2006

Bummer! Mine's a new HP Pavilion a1410n. I guess I don't have much to look
forward to when I deal with HP support, huh?

"Ed Finley" wrote:

> Cal,
> What brand computer are you using? I have the same problem on an HP
> Paviliaon DV1000. Working with their tech support, eventID.net and all I
> could find, I couldn't resolve the problem. I returned the computer to HP
> for repair of the issue and they assured me they would fix it. They
> returned it with a freshly imaged hard drive thinking that would solve the
> problem, but never tested it. Nothing has worked. HP has finally told me
> they aren't going to offer any more support because it's a "network" issue.
> Horrible service from day one with them. This will be the last HP product I
> ever buy. I'm still stuck.
> Ed Finley
>
>
> "Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DAAC8756-4F39-468B-B519-02F2330EE9AF@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks, Tom. I've been all through that link site before, without finding
> > anything that made the difference. My settings were either already what
> > was
> > suggested, or I changed them to match, without success. Please check out
> > the
> > event log entry I posted above in reply to Jeroen. Maybe that'll clear up
> > everything in your mind; it sure doesn't in mine, though.
> >
> > "Tom Kaminski [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> "Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:DAC29E1B-E6BE-4F1F-B145-50E7E7E3DAB6@microsoft.com...
> >> >I posted this question for the Win Media Center Edition discussion
> >> >group; I
> >> > should probably have posted it here instead. Here's the situation, I'd
> >> > love
> >> > to have your insights:
> >> >
> >> > Recently got a new box running Win MCE (2002). Installed IIS components
> >> > without any trouble, and it appears that all of the required
> >> > directories
> >> > (inetpub, wwwroot, etc) are in place, as are iisstart.asp and
> >> > localstart.asp.
> >> > The network is functioning; I pinged localhost and computer_name and
> >> > everything ran as it should. Any html file serves just fine through
> >> > http://localhost/. The problem is that it will not serve any .asp
> >> > files,
> >> > including localstart.asp. I keep getting the error 500 white screen.
> >> > Even
> >> > unchecking the friendly error messages doesn't give me anything useful
> >> > (although I'm not entirely sure where to go looking on the computer for
> >> > a
> >> > detailed logfile entry about the error).
> >>
> >> Start here: http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2109
> >>
> >> --
> >> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Ed
Thu May 04 07:06:16 CDT 2006

P.S. to my last. Mine is an XP pro operating system, and my computer was
shipped in February.
I've been through hours of telephone support to India, chat sessions to who
knows where, and finally called sales to get to a project manager. They
were the worst. I've been blown off at every level, referred back to
Microsoft or given the option of paying $60/30 minutes of further support
with them. I purchased an extended protection plan guaranteeing a 3 day
turnaround in the event the computer needed to be returned. It took them a
month. I just got it back 2 days ago and IIS wasn't even installed on the
re-formatted hard drive. They could care less about support.
My plan A is to dispute the charge on my credit card and try to get my money
back through them. In the mean time my plan B is to keep trying to get this
working. Please keep the thread going.
Thanks,
Ed

"Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A5C5A559-00AF-4951-BCEE-F7FF35B9050E@microsoft.com...
> Bummer! Mine's a new HP Pavilion a1410n. I guess I don't have much to look
> forward to when I deal with HP support, huh?
>
> "Ed Finley" wrote:
>
>> Cal,
>> What brand computer are you using? I have the same problem on an HP
>> Paviliaon DV1000. Working with their tech support, eventID.net and all I
>> could find, I couldn't resolve the problem. I returned the computer to
>> HP
>> for repair of the issue and they assured me they would fix it. They
>> returned it with a freshly imaged hard drive thinking that would solve
>> the
>> problem, but never tested it. Nothing has worked. HP has finally told
>> me
>> they aren't going to offer any more support because it's a "network"
>> issue.
>> Horrible service from day one with them. This will be the last HP
>> product I
>> ever buy. I'm still stuck.
>> Ed Finley
>>
>>
>> "Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:DAAC8756-4F39-468B-B519-02F2330EE9AF@microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks, Tom. I've been all through that link site before, without
>> > finding
>> > anything that made the difference. My settings were either already what
>> > was
>> > suggested, or I changed them to match, without success. Please check
>> > out
>> > the
>> > event log entry I posted above in reply to Jeroen. Maybe that'll clear
>> > up
>> > everything in your mind; it sure doesn't in mine, though.
>> >
>> > "Tom Kaminski [MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:DAC29E1B-E6BE-4F1F-B145-50E7E7E3DAB6@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I posted this question for the Win Media Center Edition discussion
>> >> >group; I
>> >> > should probably have posted it here instead. Here's the situation,
>> >> > I'd
>> >> > love
>> >> > to have your insights:
>> >> >
>> >> > Recently got a new box running Win MCE (2002). Installed IIS
>> >> > components
>> >> > without any trouble, and it appears that all of the required
>> >> > directories
>> >> > (inetpub, wwwroot, etc) are in place, as are iisstart.asp and
>> >> > localstart.asp.
>> >> > The network is functioning; I pinged localhost and computer_name and
>> >> > everything ran as it should. Any html file serves just fine through
>> >> > http://localhost/. The problem is that it will not serve any .asp
>> >> > files,
>> >> > including localstart.asp. I keep getting the error 500 white screen.
>> >> > Even
>> >> > unchecking the friendly error messages doesn't give me anything
>> >> > useful
>> >> > (although I'm not entirely sure where to go looking on the computer
>> >> > for
>> >> > a
>> >> > detailed logfile entry about the error).
>> >>
>> >> Start here: http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2109
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> 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
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

Ed
Thu May 04 12:20:09 CDT 2006

Cal,
Fixing the component services Com+ seems to be the trick.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/archive/2005/03/22/39216.aspx

Follow the above link.

Ed


"Ed Finley" <edf@edfinley.net> wrote in message
news:u7vVpM3bGHA.380@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> P.S. to my last. Mine is an XP pro operating system, and my computer was
> shipped in February.
> I've been through hours of telephone support to India, chat sessions to
> who knows where, and finally called sales to get to a project manager.
> They were the worst. I've been blown off at every level, referred back to
> Microsoft or given the option of paying $60/30 minutes of further support
> with them. I purchased an extended protection plan guaranteeing a 3 day
> turnaround in the event the computer needed to be returned. It took them
> a month. I just got it back 2 days ago and IIS wasn't even installed on
> the re-formatted hard drive. They could care less about support.
> My plan A is to dispute the charge on my credit card and try to get my
> money back through them. In the mean time my plan B is to keep trying to
> get this working. Please keep the thread going.
> Thanks,
> Ed
>
> "Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A5C5A559-00AF-4951-BCEE-F7FF35B9050E@microsoft.com...
>> Bummer! Mine's a new HP Pavilion a1410n. I guess I don't have much to
>> look
>> forward to when I deal with HP support, huh?
>>
>> "Ed Finley" wrote:
>>
>>> Cal,
>>> What brand computer are you using? I have the same problem on an HP
>>> Paviliaon DV1000. Working with their tech support, eventID.net and all
>>> I
>>> could find, I couldn't resolve the problem. I returned the computer to
>>> HP
>>> for repair of the issue and they assured me they would fix it. They
>>> returned it with a freshly imaged hard drive thinking that would solve
>>> the
>>> problem, but never tested it. Nothing has worked. HP has finally told
>>> me
>>> they aren't going to offer any more support because it's a "network"
>>> issue.
>>> Horrible service from day one with them. This will be the last HP
>>> product I
>>> ever buy. I'm still stuck.
>>> Ed Finley
>>>
>>>
>>> "Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:DAAC8756-4F39-468B-B519-02F2330EE9AF@microsoft.com...
>>> > Thanks, Tom. I've been all through that link site before, without
>>> > finding
>>> > anything that made the difference. My settings were either already
>>> > what
>>> > was
>>> > suggested, or I changed them to match, without success. Please check
>>> > out
>>> > the
>>> > event log entry I posted above in reply to Jeroen. Maybe that'll clear
>>> > up
>>> > everything in your mind; it sure doesn't in mine, though.
>>> >
>>> > "Tom Kaminski [MVP]" wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> "Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> >> news:DAC29E1B-E6BE-4F1F-B145-50E7E7E3DAB6@microsoft.com...
>>> >> >I posted this question for the Win Media Center Edition discussion
>>> >> >group; I
>>> >> > should probably have posted it here instead. Here's the situation,
>>> >> > I'd
>>> >> > love
>>> >> > to have your insights:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Recently got a new box running Win MCE (2002). Installed IIS
>>> >> > components
>>> >> > without any trouble, and it appears that all of the required
>>> >> > directories
>>> >> > (inetpub, wwwroot, etc) are in place, as are iisstart.asp and
>>> >> > localstart.asp.
>>> >> > The network is functioning; I pinged localhost and computer_name
>>> >> > and
>>> >> > everything ran as it should. Any html file serves just fine through
>>> >> > http://localhost/. The problem is that it will not serve any .asp
>>> >> > files,
>>> >> > including localstart.asp. I keep getting the error 500 white
>>> >> > screen.
>>> >> > Even
>>> >> > unchecking the friendly error messages doesn't give me anything
>>> >> > useful
>>> >> > (although I'm not entirely sure where to go looking on the computer
>>> >> > for
>>> >> > a
>>> >> > detailed logfile entry about the error).
>>> >>
>>> >> Start here: http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2109
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> 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
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

CalLearner
Thu May 04 18:22:02 CDT 2006

Been there, done that!

"Ed Finley" wrote:

> Cal,
> Fixing the component services Com+ seems to be the trick.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/archive/2005/03/22/39216.aspx
>
> Follow the above link.
>
> Ed
>
>
> "Ed Finley" <edf@edfinley.net> wrote in message
> news:u7vVpM3bGHA.380@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > P.S. to my last. Mine is an XP pro operating system, and my computer was
> > shipped in February.
> > I've been through hours of telephone support to India, chat sessions to
> > who knows where, and finally called sales to get to a project manager.
> > They were the worst. I've been blown off at every level, referred back to
> > Microsoft or given the option of paying $60/30 minutes of further support
> > with them. I purchased an extended protection plan guaranteeing a 3 day
> > turnaround in the event the computer needed to be returned. It took them
> > a month. I just got it back 2 days ago and IIS wasn't even installed on
> > the re-formatted hard drive. They could care less about support.
> > My plan A is to dispute the charge on my credit card and try to get my
> > money back through them. In the mean time my plan B is to keep trying to
> > get this working. Please keep the thread going.
> > Thanks,
> > Ed
> >
> > "Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:A5C5A559-00AF-4951-BCEE-F7FF35B9050E@microsoft.com...
> >> Bummer! Mine's a new HP Pavilion a1410n. I guess I don't have much to
> >> look
> >> forward to when I deal with HP support, huh?
> >>
> >> "Ed Finley" wrote:
> >>
> >>> Cal,
> >>> What brand computer are you using? I have the same problem on an HP
> >>> Paviliaon DV1000. Working with their tech support, eventID.net and all
> >>> I
> >>> could find, I couldn't resolve the problem. I returned the computer to
> >>> HP
> >>> for repair of the issue and they assured me they would fix it. They
> >>> returned it with a freshly imaged hard drive thinking that would solve
> >>> the
> >>> problem, but never tested it. Nothing has worked. HP has finally told
> >>> me
> >>> they aren't going to offer any more support because it's a "network"
> >>> issue.
> >>> Horrible service from day one with them. This will be the last HP
> >>> product I
> >>> ever buy. I'm still stuck.
> >>> Ed Finley
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:DAAC8756-4F39-468B-B519-02F2330EE9AF@microsoft.com...
> >>> > Thanks, Tom. I've been all through that link site before, without
> >>> > finding
> >>> > anything that made the difference. My settings were either already
> >>> > what
> >>> > was
> >>> > suggested, or I changed them to match, without success. Please check
> >>> > out
> >>> > the
> >>> > event log entry I posted above in reply to Jeroen. Maybe that'll clear
> >>> > up
> >>> > everything in your mind; it sure doesn't in mine, though.
> >>> >
> >>> > "Tom Kaminski [MVP]" wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> >> "Cal Learner" <CalLearner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>> >> news:DAC29E1B-E6BE-4F1F-B145-50E7E7E3DAB6@microsoft.com...
> >>> >> >I posted this question for the Win Media Center Edition discussion
> >>> >> >group; I
> >>> >> > should probably have posted it here instead. Here's the situation,
> >>> >> > I'd
> >>> >> > love
> >>> >> > to have your insights:
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Recently got a new box running Win MCE (2002). Installed IIS
> >>> >> > components
> >>> >> > without any trouble, and it appears that all of the required
> >>> >> > directories
> >>> >> > (inetpub, wwwroot, etc) are in place, as are iisstart.asp and
> >>> >> > localstart.asp.
> >>> >> > The network is functioning; I pinged localhost and computer_name
> >>> >> > and
> >>> >> > everything ran as it should. Any html file serves just fine through
> >>> >> > http://localhost/. The problem is that it will not serve any .asp
> >>> >> > files,
> >>> >> > including localstart.asp. I keep getting the error 500 white
> >>> >> > screen.
> >>> >> > Even
> >>> >> > unchecking the friendly error messages doesn't give me anything
> >>> >> > useful
> >>> >> > (although I'm not entirely sure where to go looking on the computer
> >>> >> > for
> >>> >> > a
> >>> >> > detailed logfile entry about the error).
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Start here: http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2109
> >>> >>
> >>> >> --
> >>> >> 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
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
>
>
>

CalLearner
Thu May 04 20:20:02 CDT 2006

Is that it folks? You've suggested everything you can think of to make IIS do
what it's supposed to do, serve script files?? Looks like I'll be paying MS
to get their product to work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Cal Learner" wrote:

> I posted this question for the Win Media Center Edition discussion group; I
> should probably have posted it here instead. Here's the situation, I'd love
> to have your insights:
>
> Recently got a new box running Win MCE (2002). Installed IIS components
> without any trouble, and it appears that all of the required directories
> (inetpub, wwwroot, etc) are in place, as are iisstart.asp and localstart.asp.
> The network is functioning; I pinged localhost and computer_name and
> everything ran as it should. Any html file serves just fine through
> http://localhost/. The problem is that it will not serve any .asp files,
> including localstart.asp. I keep getting the error 500 white screen. Even
> unchecking the friendly error messages doesn't give me anything useful
> (although I'm not entirely sure where to go looking on the computer for a
> detailed logfile entry about the error).
>
> I've been all through the MMC a dozen times looking for anything unusual.
> The default web is there. I don't know exactly what the permissions should be
> set to, but this is a development system for me alone, and I'm logged on as
> an administrator, with script execution permission set, so that should not be
> the problem. Some versions of IIS apparently allow you to designate which
> file extensions to allow and which to block. (V6.0 apparently comes locked
> down, so the ASP extension has to be selected in order to display ASP files,
> but I can't find anything similar in v5.1.) Am I just overlooking it?
>
> I give up. What's left to consider? I've done this on previous machines (XP
> Pro) and don't remember having these sorts of mysteries on my hands. Please
> offer the most likely steps I should take to resolve this. It just can't be
> as hard as I've made it!
>

Jim
Fri May 05 13:13:01 CDT 2006

If this is IIS 6.0, Have you allowed active server pages under Web Services
Extensions? I believe it is prohibited by default

"Cal Learner" wrote:

> I posted this question for the Win Media Center Edition discussion group; I
> should probably have posted it here instead. Here's the situation, I'd love
> to have your insights:
>
> Recently got a new box running Win MCE (2002). Installed IIS components
> without any trouble, and it appears that all of the required directories
> (inetpub, wwwroot, etc) are in place, as are iisstart.asp and localstart.asp.
> The network is functioning; I pinged localhost and computer_name and
> everything ran as it should. Any html file serves just fine through
> http://localhost/. The problem is that it will not serve any .asp files,
> including localstart.asp. I keep getting the error 500 white screen. Even
> unchecking the friendly error messages doesn't give me anything useful
> (although I'm not entirely sure where to go looking on the computer for a
> detailed logfile entry about the error).
>
> I've been all through the MMC a dozen times looking for anything unusual.
> The default web is there. I don't know exactly what the permissions should be
> set to, but this is a development system for me alone, and I'm logged on as
> an administrator, with script execution permission set, so that should not be
> the problem. Some versions of IIS apparently allow you to designate which
> file extensions to allow and which to block. (V6.0 apparently comes locked
> down, so the ASP extension has to be selected in order to display ASP files,
> but I can't find anything similar in v5.1.) Am I just overlooking it?
>
> I give up. What's left to consider? I've done this on previous machines (XP
> Pro) and don't remember having these sorts of mysteries on my hands. Please
> offer the most likely steps I should take to resolve this. It just can't be
> as hard as I've made it!
>

CalLearner
Fri May 05 14:28:01 CDT 2006

No, it's v5.1. You're right that v6.0 comes locked down and extensions have
to be selected. I wish there was something equivalent to that in v5.1, but I
haven't been able to find it, and no one has so far mentioned that there is
such a thing in 5.1.

"Jim Knowles" wrote:

> If this is IIS 6.0, Have you allowed active server pages under Web Services
> Extensions? I believe it is prohibited by default
>
> "Cal Learner" wrote:
>
> > I posted this question for the Win Media Center Edition discussion group; I
> > should probably have posted it here instead. Here's the situation, I'd love
> > to have your insights:
> >
> > Recently got a new box running Win MCE (2002). Installed IIS components
> > without any trouble, and it appears that all of the required directories
> > (inetpub, wwwroot, etc) are in place, as are iisstart.asp and localstart.asp.
> > The network is functioning; I pinged localhost and computer_name and
> > everything ran as it should. Any html file serves just fine through
> > http://localhost/. The problem is that it will not serve any .asp files,
> > including localstart.asp. I keep getting the error 500 white screen. Even
> > unchecking the friendly error messages doesn't give me anything useful
> > (although I'm not entirely sure where to go looking on the computer for a
> > detailed logfile entry about the error).
> >
> > I've been all through the MMC a dozen times looking for anything unusual.
> > The default web is there. I don't know exactly what the permissions should be
> > set to, but this is a development system for me alone, and I'm logged on as
> > an administrator, with script execution permission set, so that should not be
> > the problem. Some versions of IIS apparently allow you to designate which
> > file extensions to allow and which to block. (V6.0 apparently comes locked
> > down, so the ASP extension has to be selected in order to display ASP files,
> > but I can't find anything similar in v5.1.) Am I just overlooking it?
> >
> > I give up. What's left to consider? I've done this on previous machines (XP
> > Pro) and don't remember having these sorts of mysteries on my hands. Please
> > offer the most likely steps I should take to resolve this. It just can't be
> > as hard as I've made it!
> >

CalLearner
Sun May 07 07:46:01 CDT 2006

Success at last. Thanks to everyone who made suggestions. In the course of 1
week futzing around with this problem, many suggestions were tried, and
probably helped contribute to the solution. Eventually, the correction came
by following KB 309051 ("Troubleshooting ASP in IIS 5.0"), and in particular,
deleting the IIS packages in Component Services of MMC. In my case, only 1 of
the required 3 packages was present to begin with (IIS Utilities). I was
missing the out-of-process and in-process packages. Once deleted, I
re-created the packages and did the other steps in paragraph #6 of that KB
article, then reset IIS and voila! Hope this helps others who have this issue.

"Cal Learner" wrote:

> I posted this question for the Win Media Center Edition discussion group; I
> should probably have posted it here instead. Here's the situation, I'd love
> to have your insights:
>
> Recently got a new box running Win MCE (2002). Installed IIS componen