Why does IIS refuse to serve ASP.NET content?

Posted by Michael Haren on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Michael Haren
Published on 2009-04-30T20:49:56Z Indexed on 2010/05/13 14:04 UTC
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My Windows Server 2003 Std server refuses to server ASP.NET content. It serves regular html just fine but anything .net, even a one line html file with an ASPX extention fails silently.

Things I've tried:

  • Nothing in the event log or IIS WWW logs when it fails.
  • Fiddler shows no response
  • I reinstalled .NET with
    • C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727>aspnet_regiis.exe -U
    • C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727>aspnet_regiis.exe -I
  • I give obscenely high permissions on everything I can think of (full control, read, write, etc.) to all possibly relevant users (IUSER*, ASP.NET, etc.).
  • I confirmed that ASP.Net v1 and v2 Web Service Extensions are "allowed" in IIS
  • Confirmed that the Server Manager had IIS and ASP.Net roles enabled

Again: this is the scenario:

Any guidance will be much appreciated!


Solution: I reinstalled per the instructions below and it works now. Thanks all!

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