Thanks for the update! However, I don't see any Access Denied or Failure in FileMon and RegMon logs respectively. Do I need to check anything else in the logs?
Do I need to add "Network Service" account somewhere?
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Issue:
IIS Site located at \\Default Web Site\site_name doesn't work. Users get the following error message:
" HTTP 500 Internal Server Error"
Web sites work only when I add IWAM_machineaccount to the Administrtaors Group on the local computer.
Please let me know if I need to attach the IIS logs also.
Your help is much appreciated - thanks
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More details sure could help. single site or a shared environment? Is it ASP? PHP?
Did you turn off Friendly HTTP error messages in the web browser? (http://www.webwizguide.co
You can try this - http://support.microsoft.c
Also make sure "Network Service" and "IWAM_MACHINE" are members of IIS_WPG.
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by: gnsadminPosted on 2008-06-24 at 01:37:31ID: 21853446
Sound like a permission prob. com/en-us/ sysinterna ls/ bb89664 2.aspx) and look for any "access denied" errors on any of your files.
remove IWAM_MACHINE from the admin group, run filemon (http://technet.microsoft.
fix the error by adding the correct permissions on this file. (with ASP.NET the "missing" user permissions are usually affiliated with "network service" user.