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The 500 status message just means 'something went wrong on the server'. &nbsp;You will need to find a more specific error message. &nbsp;If nothing more is displayed in the browser, go into your IE Advanced Options and make sure that 'Friendly HTTP Errors' are NOT enabled (they hide the most useful information). &nbsp;If, after doing that, you don't see anything more informative, have a look in the server's Event Log (Application Log), and see if anything is recorded there.
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OWA faile dthis morning and i cant fix.<br />
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active sync still works.<br />
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but any attempt at owa or omw gets a http 500 error.<br />
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i went through a few KBs on checking permissions all were correct<br />
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I do have an article mentioning delete the Virtual directories and restart sys attendant and they will all come back.<br />
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but before going that far &nbsp; any ideas? &nbsp;<br />
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owa is on a exchange 2003 sp2 FE server &nbsp;windows 2003 sp2<br />
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of interest all the vdirectories have a appliction icon rather than a virtual directory one, &nbsp;even when i &nbsp;make a new VD it has this icon..
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OWA faile dthis morning and i cant fix.

active sync still works.

but any attempt at owa or omw gets a http 500 error.

i went through a few KBs on checking permissions all were correct

I do have an article mentioning delete the Virtual directories and restart sys attendant and they will all come back.

but before going that far   any ideas?  

owa is on a exchange 2003 sp2 FE server  windows 2003 sp2

of interest all the vdirectories have a appliction icon rather than a virtual directory one,  even when i  make a new VD it has this icon..

The 500 status message just means &#39;something went wrong on the server&#39;.  You will need to find a more specific error message.  If nothing more is displayed in the browser, go into your IE Advanced Options and make sure that &#39;Friendly HTTP Errors&#39; are NOT enabled (they hide the most useful information).  If, after doing that, you don&#39;t see anything more informative, have a look in the server&#39;s Event Log (Application Log), and see if anything is recorded there.

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