I think the problem here is the missing end tag in the HTML message of your code.
+++ Rick ---
>If I understood your code, it ran just fine for me. Here is the code I used:
>
>
< % ERROR: @ Page Language="vb" % >
><script runat="server">
> sub Page_Load(obj as object, E as eventargs)
> lblMessage.Text = "This is my first exercise!"
> end sub
></script>
>
><html><body>
> <asp:Label id="lblMessage" runat="server"/>
></body></html>
>
>
>Try running this code.
>
>>I did check the website and there is nothing stating an error. However, on the code sample I sent earlier, the first line was incorrect. It actually reads:
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>>
>>< % ERROR: @ Page Language="VB" % >
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>>I believe the code should run.....it just won't on my two servers. They are both running XP with IIS 5.1 and the VS.NET program installed with all components, etc.
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>>It simply should be working for all I can tell. However, there has to be a stupidly simple answer for two separate installations to behave exactly the same way...