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Dave Logan
I cross-posted about this a few days ago to the IIS and FrontPage groups
(see: http://tinyurl.com/3xvw9r) but it appears that no-one there knows what
I can do about it (it's two days since anyone but me posted to that thread);
and in any case it seems to be basically an XP configuration problem rather
than anything wrong with FP or IIS as such, so I thought I should try
posting here. Can anyone help? I've now spent an entire week trying to fix
this and I'm tearing my hair out now. Please can someone help?
I recently bought a new laptop which had XP Pro SP2 installed, but not IIS.
I then installed IIS and the FP Extensions (which are definitely configured
correctly as far as IIS is concerned).
However, if I open My Network Places and open "Add Network Place", and type
in http://localhost, I get the message: "The folder you entered does not
appear to be valid. Please choose another."
Clearly, something is blocking my computer from recognising the existence of
local webs, even though as far as IIS is concerned, my local web is set up
correctly, and so are the FP Extensions.
2) If I right-click My Computer and select Manage, then open the Event
Viewer, under Application I can see several Errors, all of which say "COM+"
under "Source"; and if I double-click on any of them, the Event Properties
Description reads: "The run-time environment has detected an inconsistency
in its internal state. This indicates a potential instability in the process
that could be caused by the custom components running in the COM+
application, the components they make use of, or other factors. Error in
d:\qxp_slp\com\com1x\src\comsvcs\txprop\dtcinfo.cpp(158).hr=8000fffff:
TransactionManager->GetWhereaboutsSize. For more information see Help and
Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp"
If I click the link to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp, I get a
message saying There is no additional information about this issue in the
Error and Event Log Messages or Knowledge Base databases"
I googled for that error and found http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909444.
The article is way over my head but it does mention the COM+ application
error that I'm getting. Please could some of the MVPs here look at this
article and let me know if it's relevant to my problem, and if so, in
layman's language, what I need to do to fix it?
Do I need to reformat my hard drive and reinstall Windows from scratch, or
is there a less drastic solution? What would the MVPs here do if they had
the problem I have?
Dave
(see: http://tinyurl.com/3xvw9r) but it appears that no-one there knows what
I can do about it (it's two days since anyone but me posted to that thread);
and in any case it seems to be basically an XP configuration problem rather
than anything wrong with FP or IIS as such, so I thought I should try
posting here. Can anyone help? I've now spent an entire week trying to fix
this and I'm tearing my hair out now. Please can someone help?
I recently bought a new laptop which had XP Pro SP2 installed, but not IIS.
I then installed IIS and the FP Extensions (which are definitely configured
correctly as far as IIS is concerned).
However, if I open My Network Places and open "Add Network Place", and type
in http://localhost, I get the message: "The folder you entered does not
appear to be valid. Please choose another."
Clearly, something is blocking my computer from recognising the existence of
local webs, even though as far as IIS is concerned, my local web is set up
correctly, and so are the FP Extensions.
2) If I right-click My Computer and select Manage, then open the Event
Viewer, under Application I can see several Errors, all of which say "COM+"
under "Source"; and if I double-click on any of them, the Event Properties
Description reads: "The run-time environment has detected an inconsistency
in its internal state. This indicates a potential instability in the process
that could be caused by the custom components running in the COM+
application, the components they make use of, or other factors. Error in
d:\qxp_slp\com\com1x\src\comsvcs\txprop\dtcinfo.cpp(158).hr=8000fffff:
TransactionManager->GetWhereaboutsSize. For more information see Help and
Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp"
If I click the link to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp, I get a
message saying There is no additional information about this issue in the
Error and Event Log Messages or Knowledge Base databases"
I googled for that error and found http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909444.
The article is way over my head but it does mention the COM+ application
error that I'm getting. Please could some of the MVPs here look at this
article and let me know if it's relevant to my problem, and if so, in
layman's language, what I need to do to fix it?
Do I need to reformat my hard drive and reinstall Windows from scratch, or
is there a less drastic solution? What would the MVPs here do if they had
the problem I have?
Dave