RE: IIS 5.0 shows running but does not display webpage

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From: Greg Hurlman (ghurlman*AT*squaretwo*DOT*net)
Date: 08/06/04


Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 06:35:03 -0700

It could have been one of a million things - most likely static HTML or
images would have served OK, and something in the ASP/ASP.Net process was
hosed. Keep an eye on the server, and next time grab a screenshot of the
error page - make sure "Show friendly HTTP error messages" is turned off in
your browser. Take a look at the event logs, there may be some clues in
there as well.

---
Greg Hurlman
ghurlman*AT*squaretwo*DOT*net
http://blogs.squaretwo.net
"makes" wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> One of the Webservers on a Windows 2000 Server platform had the following 
> problem. IIS services displayed a "running" status for all of the sites, but 
> when I browse the sites, the sites could not display and came up with some 
> error message.
> 
> I did not have time to record the message as this occured on an extremely 
> important webserver and had to recycle the IIS Admin service immediately, 
> which brought the sites back up, running normal.
> 
> Any idea as to why IIS indicated a "running" status while the sites were 
> actually down?
> 
> Thanks


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