RE: HTML test page won't display but ASP page does?

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From: Kristofer Gafvert (kgafvert_at_NEWSilopia.com)
Date: 07/09/04 

Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 22:54:01 -0700

Are you really sure you have 4.5, and not 5.0? 5.0 is known to cause exactly the problems you are experience, and the solution has been to downgrade to 4.5. 

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Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert - IIS MVP
http://www.ilopia.com
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"Steve" wrote:
> After several minutes I got an error page that said:
> 
> The page cannot be displayed
> Cannot find server or DNS Error
> Internet Explorer
> 
> Could this be a firewall issue?  We are currently running Zone Alarm Pro version 4.5.583.000
> 
> Thanks Doug.
> 
> "Steve" wrote:
> 
> > It just hangs...churning on and on...dead in its tracks.  The evnt log showed nothing.
> > 
> > "doug" wrote:
> > 
> > > Does the browser hang? Does it just display white? If you 
> > > leave it for awhile, does it eventually give an error? 
> > > 
> > > Have you checked the event viewer for errors? What does 
> > > it say in the web server log files?
> > > 
> > > doug
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >Hi Doug.  The browser just tries to load the page but it 
> > > can't.  My local web server can load HTML, ASP, and ASPX 
> > > files.  The production server can only handle ASP.  What 
> > > is the problem?
> > > >
> > > >"doug" wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> What do you mean by can't render? What does happen? 
> > > IIS 
> > > >> doesn't render HTML, your browser does.
> > > >> 
> > > >> Do you get an error, a blank screen? 
> > > >> 
> > > >> doug
> > > >> >-----Original Message-----
> > > >> >I can't get IIS on my production server to render a 
> > > >> simple HTML page in the browser.  There is no problem 
> > > >> rendering ASP pages.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >For instance, the following URL works fine:
> > > >> >http://server-name/SimpleASP.asp
> > > >> >
> > > >> >But when I try
> > > >> >http://server-name/SimpleHTML.html the browser can't 
> > > >> render the page.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >I do not have this problem when I run the pages thru 
> > > my 
> > > >> local web server.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >What is going on with my production server that it 
> > > can 
> > > >> only handle ASP pages?
> > > >> >
> > > >> >Thanks for your assistance.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >.
> > > >> >
> > > >> 
> > > >.
> > > >
> > >

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