[areid]

Ever since I installed XP pro service pack 1, I have had some strange behaviour with my IIS 5.1 setup. In short, it doesn't work any more!

http://localhost is producing http 500 error message (ie. Internal Server Error - the page cannot be displayed).

According to the service manager, the world-wide web publishing service is running. According to MMC, the default web server is running, with the IP address "* All unassigned *" (is that right?). Pinging localhost works fine.

There used to be an icon in the icon tray by which I could tell whether the service was running or not. How can I get this back again?

Any help would be appreciated.

Alan

[ECLG_ENIGMA]

In IE go to 'internet options' then the 'advanced' tab. Now uncheck 'show friendly http error messages'. Now hit the site again and you will recieve a more informative error. A general 500 could be caused by a lot of thisngs, post this new error back and I can help you further.

[areid]

ECLG_ENIGMA, thanks for the reply.

I eventually had to reinstall IIS and things seem to be working ok for now.

Regards,
Alan