Does PWS support ASP.NET?

In the last six months, I have tried every possible thing to get my IIS 5.5 running on my Windows XP Prpfessional box so that I can develop ASP.NET applications on my computer. In the last few hours of trying, I have realized that something is wrong with my IIS and it always gives me HTTP return code 500, which according to the RFP detailing HTTP 1.0 and 1.1, is very generic.

I checked the event log and it always tells me that the user name and password to access the account on the server failed.

Anyway, my only option I think is to get a new installation of IIS from someone else. Until then, is it possible for PWS to run on Windows XP Professional and deliver ASPX? I have v1.1 of the framework.

No, PWS cannot run ASP.NET. You must resolve your current IIS issue and work with that.

Off the top of my head, your account problems may be related to the fact that the machine process account is invalid. This can be checked in C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\CONFIG\machine.config in the processModel/@userName and @password attributes - easiest to have these set to "machine" and "AutoGenerate" respectively.

You say you get HTTP 500's - is this via your browser? If so, disable friendly HTTP error messages in IE by - Tools > Internet Options > Advanced tab. Uncheck the "Show friendly HTTP error messages" option under the "Browsing" super option.

Also, if you have a Windows XP Professional disc laying around, re-installing IIS is not difficult at all, however, depending on the actual error, you may have to re-install the framework & ASP.net. I suggest only resorting to this line of "attack" as a last resort.