SYMPTOMS
When you try to browse Active Server Pages (ASP) pages, you may receive the following error message in the browser:
HTTP 500 - Internal server error
If you clear the
Show Friendly HTTP Error Messages check box in the browser, you receive the following error message in the browser:
Server Application Error
The server has encountered an error while loading an application during the processing of your request. Please refer to the event log for more detail information. Please contact the server administrator for assistance
You receive an error message like the following in the system event log:
Source: DCOM
Event ID: 10010
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Description: The server {3D14228D-FBE1-11D0-995D-00C04FD919C1} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout.
This error message is followed in the event log by a warning message that is similar to one of the following:
Source: W3SVC
Event ID: 36
User: N/A
Description: The server failed to load application 'AppPath'. The error was 'Server execution failed'.
Source: W3SVC
Event ID: 36
User: N/A
Description: The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/Root/<vdir>'. The error was 'Server execution failed'
Source: W3SVC
Event ID: 36
User: N/A
Description: The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT'. The error was 'Server execution failed'.
Source: W3SVC
Event ID: 36
User: N/A
Description: The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/Root/certsrv'. The error was 'Server execution failed'.
You may also see entries similar to the following in your %SystemRoot%\Iis5.log file:
OC_ABOUT_TO_COMMIT_QUEUE:Unreg iis_core:FindModules: FindProcessByNameW failed!
Additionally, you may see an error message that is similar to the following when you use the FileMon utility to monitor file activity:
Filemon capture shows:
61 1:53:21 PM DLLHOST.EXE:2428 IRP_MJ_CREATE C:\WINNT\System32\dllhost.exe.Local FILE NOT FOUND Attributes: Any Options: Open