[Web-SIG] Python ASP in IIS - Error 500

Sun Feb 27 00:49:27 CET 2011

Hello,

I have been hunting for a solution to this one for some time.  I've already tried all the easy 
stuff.  I have IIS 5 on a WinXP Pro machine.

CGI works, but no ASP.  All I get is:

HTTP/1.1 500 Server Error  (nothing else - no other errors or explanation)

I have tried

1.  Reinstalling Python (v2.7 from ActiveState)
2.  Reinstalling IIS
3.  Running pyscript.py from "site-packages\win32comext\axscript\client"
4.  I have "friendly errors" turned off in IE

Here is the most basic ASP page I'm trying to run:

<%@LANGUAGE=Python%>

<HTML>
<head></head>
<body>
<h1>Python Test</h1>

<%
Response.Write('Python Test<br>')
Response.write('<h3>Smaller heading</hr>')
%>

</body>
</html>

Does anybody have any ideas?  This is really getting annoying and I can't find a solution.  
Other people have complained of this and I've seen no solution.

Thanks.

J.D.