PRB: Error 80042114: Web Server Does Not Support Provider You Selected

This article was previously published under Q234973

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When deploying to a Web server using the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW), you see the following error:

Unexpected error number 80042114 has occurred: The Web server you selected does not indicate support for the service provider you selected.

This error occurs for one or more of the following reasons:

You have not installed Microsoft Posting Acceptor 2.0. This is the most common reason.
You have selected FTP as the Web publishing protocol when you are using an HTTP address as a destination URL.
You are missing a <META> tag at the top of your default document specified for your root Web. The PDW requests the default document for your root Web and looks for the <META> tag in order to determine where your PostInfo.asp file is located.

Take the following actions, as necessary:

Install Posting Acceptor 2.0.
Make sure that the destination URL protocol matches the selected Web publishing protocol.
Check your default document to see that it contains the <META> tag shown below and that it is the first line in your document:
<META name="postinfo" content="/scripts/postinfo.asp">