ASP script handler in IIS7/Vista
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Topic: ASP script handler in IIS7/Vista
Posted By: Hyarmion
Subject: ASP script handler in IIS7/Vista
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 3:30am
| I successfully got IIS 5.1 installed and running ASP scripts on my old XP Pro machine, but I have just moved to a Vista machine. I have installed II 7, but when I try to run an ASP script it tells me I need to set up a script handler for ASP. I had a look around on the MS Help websites and found out how to add a script handler but do not know how to add one specific to ASP (I think I need to do something with asp.dll, but I not sure what). Has anyone set Vista and IIS to run ASP? |
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Posted By: socialanimal
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 3:40am
| Vista does not have ASP setup as a default, I believe you have to go into inetmgr to enable it. |
Posted By: jamie.townsend
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 9:36am
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You are correct, it is not enabled by default which is stupid if you ask me.
There is a fix:
Control Panel
Add/Remove (Programs and Features)
Turn Windows features on or off Internet Information Services
Word Wide Web Services Application Development Features
Tick ASP
that should be it working fine !
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Posted By: Hyarmion
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 11:15am
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Well, I did what was suggested above, but now I get this error when I try to browse one of my ASP files: This error (HTTP 500 Internal Server Error) means that the website you are visiting had a server problem which prevented the webpage from displaying. |
Posted By: jamie.townsend
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 11:18am
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That means you have an error with your script.
Turn off friendly error messages to see the full error
Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Untick friendly error messages
Then refresh and you should see what is wrong.
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Posted By: Hyarmion
Date Posted: 03 November 2008 at 10:55pm
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Thanks to one and all I now have things working OK. As well as the above error message changes I also had to enter this horrible string at the command prompt: %windir%\system32\inetsrv\append set config -section:asp -scriptErrorSentToBrowser:true Then, and only then, did I start to get error messages telling me what was actually wrong with the script (you know, error messages that contain line numbers).  |
Posted By: jamie.townsend
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:03pm
| Nice One ! |