Problem with IIS 5.1(ASP.NET and windows XP)

Hii ,
I've IIS 5.1 installed in my machine and i created one website using asp.net 2.0 after tht created a virtual directory with name "DUMMY" and map the website path to the virtual directory .

When i open the IIS and rght click on the virtual directory tht i've created and select Browse..its showing all the webpages in the website.But when i click on a perticuler web page its not showing tht page and showing the error "The website cannot display the page".

This error (HTTP 500 Internal Server Error) means that the website you are visiting had a server problem which prevented the webpage from displaying.


I serached in the net ..but endedup with no soultion.

Please help me .

Thanks in advance.
Rgds,
BTR.

re: Problem with IIS 5.1(ASP.NET and windows XP)

Hii ,
I've IIS 5.1 installed in my machine and i created one website using asp.net 2.0 after tht created a virtual directory with name "DUMMY" and map the website path to the virtual directory .

When i open the IIS and rght click on the virtual directory tht i've created and select Browse..its showing all the webpages in the website.But when i click on a perticuler web page its not showing tht page and showing the error "The website cannot display the page".

This error (HTTP 500 Internal Server Error) means that the website you are visiting had a server problem which prevented the webpage from displaying.


I serached in the net ..but endedup with no soultion.

Please help me .

Thanks in advance.
Rgds,
BTR.

re: Problem with IIS 5.1(ASP.NET and windows XP)

Are you able to view html pages? If so check the web extensions.

re: Problem with IIS 5.1(ASP.NET and windows XP)

I notice that you have also posted this question in the IIS forum. Please do not double post. Thanks.

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re: Problem with IIS 5.1(ASP.NET and windows XP)

Okay follow these steps:

• Go into IIS and right click on your website.
• Select New -> Virtual Directory
• Click Next
• In the Alias field type IISHelp
• Click Next
• In the Directory field, click Browse...
• Navigate to the directory C:\[Windows Directory]\Help\IISHelp
• Click OK
• Click Next
• Make sure that the Read and Run Scripts (such as ASP) options are both selected
• Click Next
• Click Finish
• Right click your website again
• This time, select Properties...
• Click the Custom Errors Tab
• Scroll down to Error 500 / Default / "Internal Server Error"
• Click edit properties
• Change the Message Type from Default to URL
• In the URL field enter /IISHelp/common/500-100.asp
• Click OK
• Click OK
• Click OK

Now instead of your website being configured just to tell you that there is a server error, it will tell you what that error is giving you a better chance of finding and fixing it.

re: Problem with IIS 5.1(ASP.NET and windows XP)

Hii,

im ble to view HTMl pages.Can you tell me how to check the webextensions?
Plz tell me im new to IIS .

Thank you.
Rgds,
BTR.

re: Problem with IIS 5.1(ASP.NET and windows XP)

Hi kenobewan,

Please help me.im helpless here.

im able to browse the html pages like http:\\localhost\dummy\testpage.htm

but im unable to browse teh aspx pages.

i tried this rght clk on websites-->properties-->Home Directory--->cliked on configuration button...but there is no response..

Could please tell where is the problem?

re: Problem with IIS 5.1(ASP.NET and windows XP)

Please do not double post your question. It makes it harder for you to get an answer to your problem.I have merged your thread together.

A 500 error code could mean a number of things.
The first thing I would check is if you have ASP.NET installed and if your IIS is configured to run ASP.NET (and that configured to run the right version). The next thing I would check is the Windows Event logs for any errors that are happening.

-Frinny

re: Problem with IIS 5.1(ASP.NET and windows XP)

This is what the event description i found in EventViewer.

The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC'. The error was 'The specified metadata was not found.'

Thanks
BTR.

re: Problem with IIS 5.1(ASP.NET and windows XP)

Check to see if your Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC or MSDTC) service is running and that it is running under the Network Services account.

To do this go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services
Then look for a service called "Distributed Transaction Coordinator" in the lists of services. Is it running? Is the "Log On As" user the "Network Services" account?

If it's missing you're going to have to install it.
If it's running under the wrong account you're going to have to change it.

See this thread for more information.

-Frinny