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You are here: Home > Knowledgebase > Classic ASP > HTTP Error Messages Categories Knowledgebase Home Hosting Support Domain Support Control Panel http 500 internal server error internet explorer how to fix Support Video Tutorials Cloud Server Support Network Tools Classic ASP SEO Website Planning Design a Website Search Related KB's Web Wiz Forums Web Wiz NewsPad Web Wiz CAPTCHA Web Wiz RTE Search Advanced Search Turn Off Friendly this page can’t be displayed HTTP Error Messages in IE (Internet Explorer) A Frequent problem when trying to run Classic ASP applications on your own web space or web server is how do you debug the application if it is not running correctly and only showing a generic error message. All to often in Internet Explorer if the application crashes all you see is a page saying - 'The page cannot be displayed.' then further down the screen you have the generic error 'HTTP 500 - Internal server error'. Well you'll be glad to know there is something you can do to help debug the application and find out what exactly is coursing the application not to run correctly. To do this you need to turn of Internet Explorers, Friendly HTTP Error Messages function, by following the steps below. There instructions work in IE5, IE6, IE7 and IE8. First you need to select 'Tools' from the menu at the top of Internet Explorer. Then from the drop down menu choose 'Internet Options'. Once the 'Internet Options' Dialog box opens you want to choose the 'Advanced' tab. You will then see a list of Advanced functions of Internet Explorer that can be turned on or off by checking the tick boxes. Look down the list for 'Show friendly HTTP error messages' and uncheck the tick box for it followed by the 'Apply' button at the bottom of the dialog box. Now when you return to the main Internet Explorer screen with 'The page cannot be displayed. - HTTP 500 - Internal server error' you should be able to get what the error is after hitting the refresh button. About Web Wiz | Contact Web Wiz | Terms & Conditions | Cookies | Privacy Policy Web Wiz is the trading name of Web Wiz Ltd. Compa
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7 but the theory is the same for IE 8 Steps (6 total) 1 Open Internet Explorer Nice and simple Yes some shameless self promotion https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/1085-turn-off-friendly-http-error-messages-in-ie of HPS Group - http://oots.be/hpsgroup 2 Open Internet Options You should have a tools button, at the bottom Internet Options 3 The internet options window should popup You should then have some tabs at the top, one says Advanced 4 In the advanced tab You should find a option for "show friendly http error messages" 5 Untick "show friendly http error messages" 6 Hit error messages OK to save the changes Conclusion You should now be done and you can see the real error message of the page. References Unofficial Spiceworks 4 Comments Ghost Chili Lawrie5252 Mar 11, 2010 at 06:17am Nice one Andy, Spiced. I just published one too, Opening ISA Server to being scanned by Spiceworks: http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/1084 Take a look at it and let me know if it looks show friendly http OK. Pure Capsaicin akp982 Mar 11, 2010 at 06:28am Looks good, sent ya a PM :-) Pure Capsaicin Justin.Davison Mar 11, 2010 at 08:17am Nice one Andy, thanks for sharing Tabasco ITMikeNJ Mar 16, 2010 at 09:30am Thanks, Andy. Simple yet elegant. Read these next... Feedback Friday on Saturday: Is it October already?! Spiceworks Originals We have some things for you to check out and tell us about. 30+ free ransomware removal tools Security Fact: No IT pro likes ransomware. Another fact: Most people like free stuff. Here's more than 30 tools to help remove ransomware. Boom. Snap! US says Russia is meddling in elections, Verizon seeks discount on Yahoo Spiceworks Originals A daily dose of today's top tech news, in brief. © Copyright 2006-2016 Spiceworks Inc. About Advertising Privacy Terms Help Sitemap × Join millions of IT pros like you Log in to Spiceworks Reset community password Agree to Terms of Service Connect with Or Sign up with your email address First Name Last Name Email Join Now or Log In Email Password Log In Forgot your password? Email Reset Password Cancel Need to recover your Spiceworks IT Desktop p