Internal Server Error (500)

[Paul]

I just installed Visual Studio 2003 and tried to create a
Web Service project. I received HTTP/1.0 500 Internal
Server Error. I confirmed that IIS is running. I get the
same error when I tried to go to http://localhost.

Do I need to reinstall IIS or VS 2003?

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,
Paul

 

[Vitaly Filimonov [MSFT]]

Paul,

In order to understand what is actually going on you'll need to enable
"meaningful" errors. I assume you use IE to access you IIS server. Go to
menu Tools/Internet Options. Click on the Advanced tab, *uncheck* "Show
friendly HTTP error messages" option and click Ok. Try accessing your web
page again. At that moment you should see much more meaningful error message
which will help you to troubleshoot the problem.