500 Internal Server Error Iis 7.5
2011 by Don Draper 23 Comments Tweet You are running an ASP or ASP.NET web application on IIS on Windows 2008 R2 from a remote web browser and you constantly see following error message. While this is the proper results for a production server (you never want to show remote users the details of an error), it is not helpful while testing a new installation…as a developer you need to see the error messages on the remote browser. There is an obscure setting that controls this for both ASP and ASP.NET. I hope the following will help anyone needing to see error details on a remote connected browser. For Classic ASP Errors In IIS Manager, select your ASP site, the double-click the ASP icon in the IIS section. The configuration settings for this ASP applications will appear. Open the section for Debugging and make sure the option Send Errors to Browser is set to True. Review other settings while you are here to ensure they match want you want. For Classic ASP and ASP.NET Errors Just making the change above seems to work find under IIS on Windows 7 but not Windows 2008 R2. You may need to change one other setting. In IIS Manager, select the ASP or ASP.NET site, the double-click the Error Pages icon in the IIS section (do not confuse with the .NET Error Pages in the ASP.NET section) . The list of error codes and related IIS Error Pages will appear. Select the one for 500 errors and right-mouse, then choose Edit Feature Settings from the popup menu. The default settings is the third option which only allows detailed errors to be sent to a browser on the same server. Change this setting to the second option labeled Detail errors and then details of your code or script errors will be sent to the browser even if it is a remote quest. If you are using Internet Explorer, also make sure that Show Friendly Errors is not enabled. This is not a problem for Firefox users. Be sure and change this setting back to the default if and when the server is used in a production environment. When that is the case, use the NT Event log for ASP errors (also set in the ASP settings section) and .NET Error Tracing as better ways to view the details of production errors. Hope this helps! Now you can view ASP and ASP.NET errors in the browser remotely. Here is an example of a Classic ASP error. 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Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Detailed 500 error message, ASP + IIS 7.5 up vote 119 down vote favorite 41 IIS 7.5 , 2008rc2, classic asp, 500 error msg: The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred. http://www.dondraper.com/2011/01/500-internal-server-error-from-iis-7-5-on-windows-2008-r2/ I need to know how to configure IIS to get a more detailed error. I've tried setting to true all of debugging options in the ASP configuration. But that didn't work. Can anyone help me? asp-classic error-handling iis-7.5 share|improve this question edited May 7 '12 at 14:32 Mr Lister 24.8k85381 asked Apr 14 '10 at 19:49 egidiocs 8453916 I am using different way to log error in text file: stackoverflow.com/questions/20475502/… Main difference -- error informatin will be stored in text http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2640526/detailed-500-error-message-asp-iis-7-5 file –Zam Oct 5 '15 at 14:14 add a comment| 9 Answers 9 active oldest votes up vote 157 down vote accepted I have come to the same problem and fixed the same way as Alex K. So if "Send Errors To Browser" is not working set also this: Error Pages -> 500 -> Edit Feature Settings -> "Detailed Errors" Also note that if the content of the error page sent back is quite short and you're using IE, IE will happily ignore the useful content sent back by the server and show you its own generic error page instead. You can turn this off in IE's options, or use a different browser. share|improve this answer edited Jan 21 '14 at 15:03 answered May 4 '10 at 13:43 Vaclav Elias 2,48621122 8 Error Pages -> 500 -> Edit Feature Settings -> "Detailed Error" Thanks!!!!! –Pablo Martinez May 11 '12 at 12:55 6 If it's still not working, disable friendly http error messages –Tim Partridge Feb 22 '13 at 18:53 If "Error Pages" is missing from your panel, ensure the feature is enabled: Turn Windows features on or off => WWW Services, Common HTTP Features, [x] HTTP Errors –fiat Feb 7 '14 at 3:53 @fiat To enable "Error Pages", I had to go: Turn Windows features on or off > Internet Information Services > World Wide Web Services > Common HTTP Features > [✓] HTTP Errors. & Web Platform Installer Get Help: Ask a Question in our Forums More Help Resources Blogs Forums Home IIS.NET Forums IIS 7 and Above Classic ASP 500 Error on new IIS 7.5 Win2k8 R2 Server 500 Error on new IIS http://forums.iis.net/t/1186028.aspx?500+Error+on+new+IIS+7+5+Win2k8+R2+Server 7.5 Win2k8 R2 Server [Answered]RSS 6 replies Last post Jan 27, 2012 10:10 AM by SvenAndersen ‹ Previous Thread|Next Thread › Print Share Twitter Facebook Email Shortcuts Active Threads Unanswered Threads Unresolved Threads Advanced Search Reply ThePrep 4 Posts 500 Error on new IIS 7.5 Win2k8 R2 Server Jan 10, 2012 12:52 PM|ThePrep|LINK Hello... I was hoping that someone could help me trouble shoot the following problem. I've been asked to 500 internal set a new Windows 2008 R2 ( x64 ) server with IIS 7.5, to run a company website using / created in ASP. I'm running into a problem where I keep getting a "500 - Internal Server Error" when ever anyone goes to the index.asp page, or any asp page for that matter. I've searched the web and I'm having a hard time understanding what my problem could be. I've followed the 500 internal server guides that says ASP must be part of the Service Roles on IIS. I've also followed a bunch of other guides that, frankly, I just didn't understand. I'll give you what the server is currently setup as.. Windows 2008 R2 x64 with SP1 All patches are installed and up to date .NET 3.5.1 and all features are installed ( Under Features ) IIS 7.5 installed with the following roles: Web Server: Common HTTP Features Static Content Default Document Directory Browsing HTTP Errors HTTP Redirection WebDAV Publishing Application Development ASP.NET .NET Extensibility ASP CGI ISAPI Extensions ISAPI Filters Server Side Includes Health and Diagnostic HTTP Logging Logging Tools Request Monitor Tracing Custom Logging ODBC Logging Security Request Filtering Performance Static Content Compression Management Tools Just to note... I can view any HTM or HTML file fine... Its just all the ASP pages. Any help someone can give is GREATLY appreciated! :) Reply Rovastar 4717 Posts MVPModerator Re: 500 Error on new IIS 7.5 Win2k8 R2 Server Jan 10, 2012 01:28 PM|Rovastar|LINK I think you have not installed the language you need. By default asp and asp.net are not installed (they are *different* languages) http://geekswithblogs.net/dlussier/archive/2007/08/12/114603.aspx ... Reply ThePrep 4 Posts Re: 500 Error on new IIS 7.5 Win2k8 R2 Server Jan 10, 2012 01:58 PM&