Web server ?

[Sam111]

I am trying to run asp files. But I don't want to use IIS is their another free web/application server I can use to run a website that use asp's?

I know tomcat uses jsp and you can use apache and php. But I don't want to have to download dll and connectors to use apache with asp ...etc

I am looking for another way to run asp files without IIS , seems like the only web server that runs asp is IIS.

I have tried ABYSS webserver but that just runs ASP.NET I need someing to run old asp files...etc

Had I known that asp files don't run on many webservers I would have used php or jsp to begin with but now I am pretty much screwed.

Because IIS isn't working because com+ got screwed up when I updated to IE version 8.

[pcmattman]

ASP programming is a lot like programming in Visual <language> - the Microsoft products are the best (and lately, the only really usable) methods to getting that functionality. Sure, there's alternatives (C# -> Mono, as an example), but for the most part the alternatives aren't anywhere near equivalent.

Because IIS isn't working because com+ got screwed up when I updated to IE version 8.

I think you'd be better off trying to fix that rather than trying to find a sub-optimal solution

[JackScott]

The other option is to think about the ASP files themselves. Do they have to be ASP? Why not, say, PHP? In many cases you're stuck with ASP, but if you're not, then changing language might be a consideration.

[Brynet-Inc]

Hopefully you've learnt a lesson from this experience.. hopefully it won't happen again.

Now it's time to rewrite this program to a more portable language.. this tool might help the process, but it's probably not a "save your @$$ in one pass" fix.

http://asp2php.naken.cc/

[Troy Martin]

Hopefully you've learnt a lesson from this experience.. hopefully it won't happen again.

ASP is a fine language/system. Sure, it's not easily portable, but in the right hands, it can be a powerful tool, especially ASP.NET. Go try it out for a few hours and come back. You'll forget all about PHP.

Because IIS isn't working because com+ got screwed up when I updated to IE version 8.

I think you'd be better off trying to fix that rather than trying to find a sub-optimal solution

Fi-re-fox! Fi-re-fox! System Restore works wonders for removing IE8. Which, I have come to know, screws up XP SP2/3 systems often, and occasionally Vista systems. So it's not just you

[pcmattman]

Because IIS isn't working because com+ got screwed up when I updated to IE version 8.

I think you'd be better off trying to fix that rather than trying to find a sub-optimal solution

Fi-re-fox! Fi-re-fox! System Restore works wonders for removing IE8. Which, I have come to know, screws up XP SP2/3 systems often, and occasionally Vista systems. So it's not just you

What I meant is... Rather than trying to find a replacement for IIS + ASP, which is generally speaking never going to be as good, fix IIS. Alternatively, use this as an opportunity to switch to PHP, as already suggested .

[Sam111]

Ok , tried reinstalling IIS and I still get the com+ errors internal server errors 500 , etc

Event log has this

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The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT'.  The error was 'The server process could not be started because the configured identity is incorrect.  Check the username and password.
'. 
For additional information specific to this message please visit the Microsoft Online Support site located at: http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

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DCOM got error "Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. " and was unable to logon .\IWAM_NATHAN-O0MVUZHD in order to run the server:
{3D14228D-FBE1-11D0-995D-00C04FD919C1}

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

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The COM+ System Application service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 1 time(s).  The following corrective action will be taken in 1000 milliseconds: Restart the service.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

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The server {F3A614DC-ABE0-11D2-A441-00C04F795683} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout.

These are some of the errors in the event log most of the errors and warnings are a repetion of these.
Anyway is their a way to fix the errors to beable to display asp pages in IIS?
Anybody know how to fix all this?

[Owen]

Hopefully you've learnt a lesson from this experience.. hopefully it won't happen again.

ASP is a fine language/system. Sure, it's not easily portable, but in the right hands, it can be a powerful tool, especially ASP.NET. Go try it out for a few hours and come back. You'll forget all about PHP.

As someone who's used both, I disagree. I'd choose PHP over Classic ASP any day.

PHP and ASP.Net can trade places depending upon what you're developing, however, I'd always, given the choice, choose Python + Django, and I know many others who would too.

(And in that I was only comparing the languages - not the platforms they run upon. In that case it becomes more crystal clear: Solaris + Nginx + MySQL + PHP or Python (SNMP? lol) any day)

[Sam111]

Can anybody shed some light on my previous post. About username and password being wrong.

Where would I fix this under the internet information services in the control panel some where I am guessing????

[Troy Martin]

My assumption would be you typed your password in wrong. Sounds reasonable, no?

[Sam111]

Thats the problem what username and password and how do I fix this.

I don't think I ever set a password in IIS and I don't know where and how to fix it. If I did by accident.

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The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT'.  The error was 'The server process could not be started because the configured identity is incorrect.  Check the username and password.
'. 
For additional information specific to this message please visit the Microsoft Online Support site located at: http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Seems like this is the main issue.

I am on XP professional.

[pcmattman]

Learn to Google.

Second result.

[Sam111]

Thanks but that didn't work.

So I am wondering if their is anyway to reinstall com+ from scratch without reinstalling the XP os or anything else as well.

Also noticed that when I click on Component Services under the control panel > Computer Management > it just crashes. I am think this is the com+ stuff as well.

[redoktober]

I have tried ABYSS webserver but that just runs ASP.NET I need someing to run old asp files...etc

dude.
http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/asp.html
this should get you started.

and yeah, next time, do think about deployment scenarios a bit, before coding.
ASP.NET and PHP are pretty versatile when it comes to deployment..

[redoktober]

mm.
i'm sorry.
i forgot about JSP.

it is pretty 'deployable', as compared to ASP.
but it's also quite, uh, difficult to get started with.
but PHP, or ASP.NET...mm, yeah.
VERY easy to get started with.

plus....i guess i'm a tad biased.
as a .NET enthusiast, aiming to write an OS in managed code, i absolutely love ASP.NET as a RAD tool.
and as a Linux buff who loves elegant, simple code, i adore PHP as well!
so there..

i guess i said too much.