Re: Cannot access localhost under Windows XP Service Pack 2

From: Bernard (qbernard_at_hotmail.com.discuss)
Date: 10/11/04 

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:45:54 +0800

and check out these kb(s)
HOW TO: Troubleshoot an "HTTP 500 - Internal Server Error" Error Message
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=311766
HOW TO: Troubleshoot ASP in IIS 5.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=309051 

-- 
Regards,
Bernard Cheah
http://www.tryiis.com/
http://support.microsoft.com/
http://www.msmvps.com/bernard/
"Ken Schaefer" <kenREMOVE@THISadOpenStatic.com> wrote in message
news:#uAfr1yrEHA.2724@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Are there any other entries in the Event Log that might be relevant? Any
> other errors or warnings? Please post the Event ID, source and description
> fields.
>
> IIS on Windows XP (and Windows 2000) uses COM+, and if COM+ is tanking,
then
> IIS is not going to be able to do everything it's supposed to.
>
> Cheers
> Ken
>
>
> "Roberto Rocco" <roberto@rocco.de> wrote in message
> news:ODQvsSsrEHA.332@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > Hello Bernard,
> >
> > thank you for your reply. I made a little progress, but still having
> > problems:
> > Here's my status:
> >
> > I opened the IIS MMC under Web Site Properties/Home Directory Tab and
> > checked the
> > Application Protection level.  It was set to "middle". I set it to low
and
> > with this setting I can access simple html with localhost.
> >
> > BUT: I still cannot enter http://localhost.
> >
> > Following your suggestion I looked at the event log and indeed there's
an
> > error entry saying:
> > "Event-ID 7034: The COM+ System Application service terminated
> > unexpectedly. It has done this 3 time(s)."
> >
> > I believe it must have something to do with not being able to open ASP
> > pages, since I also get the following error message whenever I try to
> > create a new ASP project in Visual Studio 2003:
> >
> > "Visual Studio cannot create or open the application because the Web
> > server
> > on this computer is not running. Start the Web server before
proceeding."
> >
> > So is the COM+ System Application Servive the reason? Or is the event
log
> > entry misleading here?
> >
> > Thank you for every hint,
> >
> > Roberto Rocco.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Bernard" <qbernard@hotmail.com.discuss> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > news:u$OySinrEHA.736@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> Anything in event log ?
> >> have you try a simple html ? http://localhost/simple.html ?
> >> does it works ?
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Regards,
> >> Bernard Cheah
> >> http://www.tryiis.com/
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/
> >> http://www.msmvps.com/bernard/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Roberto Rocco" <roberto@rocco.de> wrote in message
> >> news:O8F87ikrEHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> since my installation of Windows XP Service Pack 2 I cannot access
> >>> http://localhost.
> >>>
> >>> I get a HTTP 500 error (Server Application Error: The server has
> >> encountered
> >>> an error while loading an application during the processing of your
> >> request.
> >>> Please refer to the event log for more detail information. Please
> >>> contact
> >>> the server administrator for assistance)
> >>>
> >>> However, I can successfully ping to http://localhost.
> >>>
> >>> IIS and WWW-Publishing Service are both up and running!
> >>>
> >>> I also deactivated the Windows Firewall and rebooted the system, but
> >>> still
> >>> cannot access localhost.
> >>>
> >>> Also: When I try to create a new ASP Web project in Visual Studio 2003
> >> get
> >>> the error message: "Visual Studio cannot create or open the
application
> >>> because the Web server on this computer is not running. Start the Web
> >> server
> >>> before proceeding."
> >>>
> >>> I guess this is also due to the localhost not working.
> >>>
> >>> Has anybody an idea of what I could do to make localhost work with
SP2?
> >>>
> >>> Many thanks in advance,
> >>>
> >>> Roberto Rocco.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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