IIS not starting...

[nphani]

I have installed IIS on one of lab computers but the

http://localhost:80

doesn't give any page. Says:
"HTTP 500 - Internal server error"
The log file for IIS shows:
127.0.0.1, (), 10/9/2003, 12:07:07, W3SVC1, CEER-105-18, 127.0.0.1, 30, 322, 4404, 401, 5, GET, /, -,
127.0.0.1, ENGINEERING\pneela01, 10/9/2003, 12:07:07, W3SVC1, CEER-105-18, 127.0.0.1, 10, 437, 490, 500, 2147942405, GET, /iisstart.asp, -,
IIS manager looks good. the server is running. what might be the problem? any hints
Phani

 

[nphani]

i would like to add something more to it.
it is able to open the ".html" files, but when i ask it to open asp files, it fails with internal server error. what does that mean?
also, the "event viewer" gives the following security errors:
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DCOM
Unable to start a DCOM Server: {99169CB1-A707-11D0-989D-00C04FD919C1} as ./IWAM_CEER-105-18. The error:
"Access is denied. "
Happened while starting this command:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\dllhost.exe /Processid:{3D14228D-FBE1-11D0-995D-00C04FD919C1}
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and a warning as:
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W3SVC
The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT'. The error was 'General access denied error
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anyone with some hints based on these?

 

[Veep]

Suggestion. Go to the Internet Services Manager in Administrative Tools. Right-click on the default web site and select <properties>. Click on the Home Directory tab and click the <configuration> button. Make sure that the .asp extension is there and that the path is pointing to the inetsrv\system32\asp.dll file.

 

[nphani]

yep... that is fine.. it is going to the same file...
is there no significance of the DCOM and W3SVC errors?... the Access Denied stuff?? they come even if i am logged in as administrator to the machine...