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• 07-13-2007, 4:05 PM

  dennis_halsey Joined on 07-12-2007, 7:47 PM Posts 7	i can't browse local host with VISTA Ultimate IIS7 Reply Contact I get page cannot be disaplayed error, when it works on XP!  I hate this thing. everything seems to be isntalled, i am sured something is vista is bolocking it, but i don't knwo what!   please help

• 07-13-2007, 4:19 PM

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  mvolo Joined on 09-17-2003, 9:48 AM Philadelphia, PA Posts 584

  Re: i can't browde local host with VISTA Ultimate IIS7 Reply Contact First, go to the IE window, Tools > Internet Options > Advanced tab, and uncheck "Show friendly errors".   Apply, close IE, and reopen it.  Then, re-request the website.  If you get back some kind of a server error, please post it so we can figure out what is going on. If IE still shows the general "cannot be displayed" error, follow the steps here to figure out why: http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2006/10/16/Where-did-my-IIS7-server-go_3F00_-Troubleshooting-guide-for-_2200_server-not-found_2200_-errors.aspx.  Most likely your website isnt running / has a configuration error, or you have general firewall / connectivity issues. Thanks, Mike Volodarsky Program Manager IIS Core Server Visit mvolo.com for more inside information on IIS7, IIS and ASP.NET    This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

• 07-16-2007, 12:37 PM

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  Stratus42 Joined on 07-16-2007, 12:18 PM London Posts 10

  Re: i can't browde local host with VISTA Ultimate IIS7 Reply Contact Hi there.   I'm having the same problem as the original poster.    I've been at this all day now.. about 7 hours..   trying everything I can think of. ASP classic is installed,  IIS is running.. I have all my files sitting comfortably in c:\inetpub\wwwroot - everything works fine in xp-pro - but no matter what I try, I can seem to browse to localhost.   everytime I get: " An error occurred on the server when processing the URL. Please contact the system administrator"  I've tried turning offf skype, disabling all my firewalls, starting and stopping IIS, changing the bindings from port 80 to port 8080, (and then trying to browse to localhost:8080  .. )  but nothing!  I don't understand this and I'm going insane.   I've turned off friendly errors.. and I still get the same error message.. in both firefox and IE - i'm using windows vista, and I'm thinking I should have stayed with xp-pro.   Please, any help would be appreciated cheers Lana / Stratus42 ~don't just do something - sit there~

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• 07-17-2007, 3:13 PM

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  mvolo Joined on 09-17-2003, 9:48 AM Philadelphia, PA Posts 584

  Re: i can't browde local host with VISTA Ultimate IIS7 Reply Contact Ok great - now we have an error message.  My guess is its an ASP error message, but lets confirm it. 1) Can you show the following: the raw response from the server, which you can obtain with wfetch (see http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=56fc92ee-a71a-4c73-b628-ade629c89499&DisplayLang=en) 2) Then, can you obtain a FREB trace for the request?  Read about how at: http://www.iis.net/articles/view.aspx/IIS7/Managing-IIS7/Diagnostics-in-IIS7/Using-Failed-Request-Tracing/Troubleshooting-Failed-Requests-using-Tracing-in-I. The FREB trace should tell you where the failure is taking place.  Then, we can dig into it deeper. Thanks, Mike Volodarsky Program Manager IIS Core Server Visit mvolo.com for more inside information on IIS7, IIS and ASP.NET This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

• 07-24-2007, 7:14 AM

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  fczenit Joined on 07-24-2007, 11:14 AM Posts 2	Re: i can't browde local host with VISTA Ultimate IIS7 Reply Contact

• 07-24-2007, 7:19 AM

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  fczenit Joined on 07-24-2007, 11:14 AM Posts 2

  Re: i can't browde local host with VISTA Ultimate IIS7 Reply Contact Hi, I think it happens if you had IIS already running and then upgraded to Vista, some of the dll's or something got messed up. I had exactly the same problem when updated from home premium to ultimate yesterday. Spent hours installing and reinstalling IIS to no avail. My solution was to reinstall windows from scratch. Its working now. If you dont want to waist time then reinstall, or return the PC to its default state (e.g. PCRestore for Dell pc). PS I had a long search on the internet re. this problem, and found nothing.

• 07-24-2007, 3:52 PM

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  dennis_halsey Joined on 07-12-2007, 7:47 PM Posts 7

  I can't get VISTA Ultimate and IIS7 to work! I get - HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. Reply Contact I got IIS Installed and seemingly running (after i screwed it up and had to reinstall Vista) and I set the most obvious things but but now when I go to http://127.0.0.1/iisstart.htm , or any ASP page in wwwroot get the following freaky error: Service Unavailable HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. What the crap is that? What service, and why is it unavailalbe? shouldn't it be? I am the IT guy for a major company and I have read article after article and my boss hasn't figured out that I look like a fool becuase I can't make this thing work. This should not be this complicated. what is the average web builder supposed to do? they could never figure II7/VISTA out. Here is my very simple question and I would love to have a very simple answer! What are the exact minimum required settings in Vista and IIS7 to be able to browse ASP pages on your local PC(Webserver)? If anyone can easily answer this and it works, then you might not need this Forum, you could just post this easy answer and everyone would get it! I am joking of course!, this forum has been very valuable so far to me and I have gotten a lot of responses in my emails to my question! I would love to use my 4000.00 new computer to build Ecommerce sites, but I don't have the time at work to figure all of this out, so I just go into the back and fire up my old Xp mahcine and get things done! Please Help!   Thank you, Dennis Halsey dennis_halsey@ycharter.net

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• 07-24-2007, 5:08 PM

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  jeff@zina.com Joined on 09-26-2003, 10:43 AM Naples, FL, USA Posts 2,096

  Re: I can't get VISTA Ultimate and IIS7 to work! I get - HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. Reply Contact dennis_halsey: Here is my very simple question and I would love to have a very simple answer! What are the exact minimum required settings in Vista and IIS7 to be able to browse ASP pages on your local PC(Webserver)? Install Vista (a version with IIS 7) Install IIS7 with ASP Create a web site in IIS7 Create an ASP page (hello.asp is a good one) Open port 80 in the firewall (or disable firewall) Browse to http://{ip_address}/hello.asp where {ip_address} is the IP address of your PC That's it and it works fine here.  Have you tried a plain HTML file?  Have you looked at the IIS logs and event logs? Jeff Look for Wrox's new book Professional IIS 7 in your local bookstore, or order now at Amazon.com

• 07-24-2007, 11:38 PM

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  mvolo Joined on 09-17-2003, 9:48 AM Philadelphia, PA Posts 584

  Re: I can't get VISTA Ultimate and IIS7 to work! I get - HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. Reply Contact Dennis, If you are the IT guy for a major company using IIS, you are going to have to learn what the "503 Service Unavailable" error means.  Seriously, it will help you impress your boss in 20 other situations when you'll get this error :) Lucky for you, you can get to impressing a lot quicker by following my 503 step by step guide here: http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/19/Troubleshooting-IIS7-503-_2200_Service-unavailable_2200_-errors-with-startup-debugging.aspx. Let me know how it pans out for you. Thanks, Mike This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

• 07-25-2007, 5:46 AM

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  Stratus42 Joined on 07-16-2007, 12:18 PM London Posts 10

  Re: i can't browse local host with VISTA Business IIS7 Reply Contact mvolo: Ok great - now we have an error message.  My guess is its an ASP error message, but lets confirm it. 1) Can you show the following: the raw response from the server, which you can obtain with wfetch (see http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=56fc92ee-a71a-4c73-b628-ade629c89499&DisplayLang=en) 2) Then, can you obtain a FREB trace for the request?  Read about how at: http://www.iis.net/articles/view.aspx/IIS7/Managing-IIS7/Diagnostics-in-IIS7/Using-Failed-Request-Tracing/Troubleshooting-Failed-Requests-using-Tracing-in-I. The FREB trace should tell you where the failure is taking place.  Then, we can dig into it deeper. Thanks,   Hi there!  ok.. I went to the address you've listed in point one    -  downloaded the thingie -  and when i try to install it it says  that it can only be installed on Windows server 2003  -  I'm running Windows Vista Business.    also.. the page is for IIS6.0 tools.. this machine is running IIS7.0.      I'm resorting to transferring files to my old xp-pro machine to do any local testing,  or uploading to a live test server -  neither are optimal for efficiency.   I just want my sites to work.    FCZENIT suggested that ""My solution was to reinstall windows from scratch. Its working now. If you dont want to waist time then reinstall, or return the PC to its default state (e.g. PCRestore for Dell pc)."  would solve it..  but neither of those things seem to make sense, they seem drastic and potentially problematic -  this is a new machine that had vista pre-installed, I then went through the proper routien to get IIS7.0 working on it.. so it's not an upgrade.   <sigh>   any other ideas?   cheers! L.  ~don't just do something - sit there~

• 07-25-2007, 8:12 AM

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  jeff@zina.com Joined on 09-26-2003, 10:43 AM Naples, FL, USA Posts 2,096	Re: i can't browse local host with VISTA Business IIS7 Reply Contact What happened on Step 2, the FREB trace? Jeff Look for Wrox's new book Professional IIS 7 in your local bookstore, or order now at Amazon.com

• 07-26-2007, 8:43 AM

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  Stratus42 Joined on 07-16-2007, 12:18 PM London Posts 10

  Re: i can't browse local host with VISTA Business IIS7 Reply Contact jeff@zina.com: What happened on Step 2, the FREB trace? Jeff    Ok.. before I had not done the FREB step because I tried the doing the first thing - and it didn't work.   So. I just spent the last hour trying to sort out the FREB thing and I THOUGHT I had managed to install freb etc.. but I'm now quite certain that I haven't.   I found the directions hard to follow  the page says to do this: Notice that the module is listed under this path.  If it is not there, verify that it is listed in the default module list on the machine level, clicking on the machine name in the Connections pane and then following steps 4 & 5 above to ensure that the module is defined at the global level.  If it is not defined for the machine, please follow the prerequisites step to install the failedRequestsTracingModule.   Well,  mine wasn't defined at the global level,  and I couldn't find the "prerequesites step to install the failedRequestsTracingModule"  - so I thought I'd just figure it out.. I added it to the global part in the .config file and did a bunch of other stuff..   but basically.. when I go to configure it it tells me to: From your Administrator command prompt, type start inetmgr. In the Connections panel, expand the machine name, then Sites folder, then click on the Default Web Site.  To the right under the Actions pane under Configure, click on Failed Request Tracing… link:   but of course -  "failed Request Tracing" is not under the Configure heading on the Actions panel so i can't get any further <sigh>  -  now what ?  I suppose I at some point need to re-enable .asp, but have no idea how to do that,  but before I do that.. I'll want to install the failedRequestsTracingModule   , is there a guide somewhere that will tell me the right way to do this?  I totally appreciate all the help!  thank you Lana  ~don't just do something - sit there~

• 07-26-2007, 1:05 PM

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  mvolo Joined on 09-17-2003, 9:48 AM Philadelphia, PA Posts 584

  Re: i can't browse local host with VISTA Business IIS7 Reply Contact Go to control panel, turn windows components on and off, and under IIS, make sure the "tracing" checkbox is checked. This will install FREB. Then, you will see the Failed Request Tracing icon in the admin tool. Btw, I am able to use WFETCH just fine on a Vista machine (you have to install on 2k3, but then you can copy it there if you wanted).  Not to mention that you can use WFETCH from any other computer (xp, or 2k3) to make the request to your vista site (provided you have opened port 80 in the firewall of course).  But, at this point I'd rather you get a FREB trace. Thanks, Mike This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

• 07-26-2007, 5:35 PM

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  dennis_halsey Joined on 07-12-2007, 7:47 PM Posts 7

  Re: i can't browse local host with VISTA Business IIS7 Reply Contact here is what wfetch shows - why is this so technical?    started....WWWConnect::Connect("localhost","80")\nIP = "[::1]:80"\nsource port: 54206\r\n REQUEST: **************\nGET / HTTP/1.1\r\n Host: localhost\r\n Accept: */*\r\n \r\n RESPONSE: **************\nHTTP/1.1 503 Service Unavailable\r\n Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii\r\n Server: Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0\r\n Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:34:20 GMT\r\n Connection: close\r\n Content-Length: 326\r\n \r\n <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">\r\n <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Service Unavailable</TITLE>\r\n <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" Content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></HEAD>\r\n <BODY><h2>Service Unavailable</h2>\r\n <hr><p>HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable.</p>\r\n </BODY></HTML>\r\n WWWConnect::Close("localhost","80")\nclosed source port: 54206\r\n finished.

• 07-26-2007, 9:03 PM

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  mvolo Joined on 09-17-2003, 9:48 AM Philadelphia, PA Posts 584

  Re: i can't browse local host with VISTA Business IIS7 Reply Contact This is getting confusing with multiple people with different problems trying to use each others solutions on the same thread :) Dennis: If you are getting a 503, please follow my guide to figure out what its caused by (per my earlier reply directly to you :)): mvolo: Lucky for you, you can get to impressing a lot quicker by following my 503 step by step guide here: http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/19/Troubleshooting-IIS7-503-_2200_Service-unavailable_2200_-errors-with-startup-debugging.aspx.   Stratus: If you are getting another error, please turn on detailed errors on your server, and get the error details.  If you are getting a generic error in IE, turn off friendly errors and try again, and finally, if you are still getting generic error messages, use WFETCH to get the error details. Then, you will likely need to use FREB to get the detailed trace if the error is hard to diagnose. Thanks, Mike This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.