How to Verify That ASP Is Working on Your Web Server

This article describes the steps that you should follow to test your Web server to make sure that the Active Server Pages (ASP) feature is working correctly.

Steps to Test Your Server

The following steps walk you through opening the Active Server Pages sample file on your version of IIS.

NOTE: Active Server Pages are not supported on IIS versions 1.0 and 2.0.

On IIS 3.0 and 4.0

NOTE: You must be at the Server computer for these steps to work.

1. In Microsoft Internet Explorer type the following:
   http://localhost/default.asp
2. You should see the default.asp page appear without error.

On IIS 5.0

NOTE: You must be at the Server computer for these steps to work.

1. In Microsoft Internet Explorer type the following:
   http://localhost/localstart.asp
2. You should see the localstart.asp page appear without error.

For additional help with installing Active Server Pages, please see the Active Server Pages page at the following Microsoft Web site:
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Contact Internet Information Server Support. Support offerings can be found at the following Microsoft Web site: For additional information on Personal Web Server, please see the Personal Web Server pages at the following Microsoft Web site: