No IIS doesn't need to be NTFS
HTM file should be in your wwwroot or any another directory but that directort should be linked in IIS
runat = "server" ending quotes was wrong in your statement for server.

HTH

>I am trying to get an HTML file to execute a "Hello World" runat=server script. IIS 5.1 is the //localhost server (FAT32).
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>Could someone offer a simple "Hello World" sample that I could try with the runat=server. The sample I am working from may have typos:
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<script language="VBScript" runat = "server>"

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>The questions I have not answered:
>1) Does the IIS need to be NTFS?
>2) Does the HTM file need to be in a specific folder?
>3) Have all the components necessary to execute server scripts been installed?
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>Thanks
>Terry