Bob, thanks, but that was not the problem. I did finally figure it out.

For anybody else out there who might be listening, it was ZoneAlarm - the firewall from ZoneLabs. Version 5.x kills ASP.Net on IIS. On a hunch I tried shutting it down, and ASP.net worked perfectly. The problem is absolutely repeatable, and on discovering this, I visited the Zonelabs site, and found that this is a known issue.

Reverting to ZoneAlarm 4.5 solves the problem. I assume (read hope) they'll get it fixed soon.

Again, thanks for the effort, Bob.

Alan

>>I'm at the end of my rope. I've tried uninstalling the .Net framework and IIS, and reinstalling and even running AspNet_iisreg even though the mapping seemed to be all there after reinstalling anyway. But when I try to hit an aspx page (any aspx page), either it returns immediately with 'done', but having done nothing whatever (leaving me with a blank browser screen), or it goes off into the twilight zone and doesn't return at all. With exactly the same aspx page(s) at work using Win2k and PWS, it works exactly as it should.
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>>Even VS.Net won't talk to it. If I try to create an ASP.Net project, the new folder gets created, but VS.net goes off to talk to IIS to create the various project files, and never returns. After I kill it and check the directory, I can see the two VS.Net solution and project files are there, but nothing else.
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>>Can anyone give me a clue where to look next? I've uninstalled and reinstalled iis and the .Net Framework enough times now that my discs are starting to unravel.
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>>Oh, forgot to mention, it's iis 5.1 and xp Pro with the service pack.
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>>Thanks
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>>Alan
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>If you go into IIS Console and go to the properties of your ASPX folder, does it show as an application? If not, that may be the problem.
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>If it does, in properties press configuration and does it show all the .Net stuff, like the aspx extension, the vb, vbproj, etc? If not you need to run
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>AspNet_iisreg -i
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>BOb