upgrade from xp home to xp pro

[dpf777]

I just discovered this wonderful forum <smile> anyway, I upgraded from xp home to pro because i am taking an ASP course and needed the IIS server for labs and homework. Inetpub/www.root was created but it wont run an ASP page - yes I am using [localhost...] when i discovered this forum last night, iwas reading a post (which I cannot find today) that said the path C;/windows/drivers/etc should contain localhost - mine doesnt. any sugestions? in additon, since the upgrade, the M$ installer doesnt work and my Adobe reader doesnt work, again, any suggestions would be appreciated.
Dan

[macrost]

Well in your C drive, is there a folder called Inetpub? If there is expand that, and you should see your wwwroot. (from memory)

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[dpf777]

yes...I have c:\Inetpub\www.root
<edit> and thanks for the welcome!</edit>

[macrost]

dpf777,
Ok, so in your wwwroot, go ahead and create a folder inside of that called test. Now take a simple asp script like:

<%
Response.Write("Hello World!")
%>

and save this as your index.asp within the test folder.

Then open a browser and go to [localhost...]

Try that.

[dpf777]

Thanks for the reply! here is the error I received:
Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0201'

Invalid Default Script Language

The default script language specified for this application is invalid.

[mattglet]

On your Home Directory tab in IIS:

Click the Configuration button (near the bottom)
Click the AppOptions tab

Where it says "Default ASP language", make sure it says "VBScript" in that box (with no quotes).

[dpf777]

Matt: I truly appreciate the response but I am so lost. I dont even know how to access IIs. "home Directory" and "tab"? I tried START/ADMINISTRATIVE SERVIES/IIS but there was no Home? further help would be greatly appreciated. Dan

[mattglet]

When you open Internet Information Services (IIS), you'll see an explorer list on the left side. Drill down to "Web Sites", and you should see "Default Web Site". Right click there, and choose "Properties". Then follow my directions above.