Re: Please Report SP6 bugs! (was Re: Visual Studio SP6)

From: Stephen B. Hahn (shahn_at_ousd.k12.ca.us)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 13:39:12 -0700

After installing SP6 IIS no longer will serve ASP pages.

When trying to browse an ASP application the following message is recorded in
the event log:

The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT/RMAdmin'. The error was
'General access denied error
'
When truing to browse the default page the following message is recorded in the
event log:

The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT'. The error was
'General access denied error
'.

I restored the system disk to it's pre-sp6 state and IIS works properly.

Steps to reproduce.

With VB6 SP5 installed and IIS with the default web page:

1. Using IE enter http://localhost in the location bar and press enter.
2. Two IE windows will be built:
    http://localhost/localstart.asp
    http://localhost/iishelp/iis/misc/default.asp
3. Install SP6
4. Using IE enter http://localhost in the location bar and press enter.
5. IE indicates the following error:
    HTTP 500 - Internal server error
6. The event log has an entry with the following text:
    The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT'. The error was
'General access denied error
'.

Systems tested on Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, XP Pro.

Randy Birch wrote:

> (cross-posted intentionally to maximize exposure)
>
> OK ... here is our chance.
>
> If you have discovered a bug in VB6 ***that was introduced with the
> application of VS6/VB6 Service Pack 6*** I need to know ASAP. One more time
> ... this bug *must* have been introduced by the installation of VS/VB SP6
> only.
>
> The MS dev team is awaiting our report, therefore in order to get them to
> actually see the issue I need from you:
>
> - Brief description of the bug
> - The precise steps to reproduce the bug (for the bug report) that includes,
> wherever applicable, the simplest project code to display the bug.
>
> Post the information here - do not email me as my anti-spam rules are
> aggressive and your report may not be received. Try to post new bugs as a
> subthread to this "Please Report SP6 bugs! (was Re: Visual Studio SP6)" main
> post rather than as a response to another's post, just to helps sort out new
> issues. "Me too" messages are welcome under the initial bug topic,
> especially if you can provide alternate steps or code to reproduce the
> identified bug.
>
> I have already bugged the Listview Columnheader initially raised in the
> original thread in vb.general.discussion, issue so please don't report that
> bug again. But other listview issues can be posted.
>
> If you don't post discovered SP6-related issues, we can't get them
> identified and possibly fixed in a collective hotfix. So please don't
> hesitate. I will post status updates to this thread as they are received
> from MS.
>
> --
>
> Randy Birch
> MVP Visual Basic
> http://vbnet.mvps.org/
> Please respond only to the newsgroups so all can benefit.

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