I've encountered this error before...

If you are using ASP, then the best way to deal with this is go to your browser and select "Tools - Options" and uncheck the "Show friendly HTTP messages" option. This will allow you to see the ASP error....

HTH
Mike

>Hi,
>
>I am trying to run my website from my local IIS, but I keep getting a "HTTP 500 - Internal server error" whenever I run a .ASP file.
>
>I tried various things, I took out all Scripts and it still not run even only plain HTLM. Then I renamed my file as .htm and it runs perfect.
>
>Any setup problem? security? My IIS is definately up and running.
>
>Thank you,
>
>~Sheldon