5.1 on XP Pro won't load ASP pages

My development workstation with a new XP load will not display ASP pages. I
have set permissions according to the Q271071 document but still get the
error/s. Some help suggestions say to enable web services in MMC, but it
does not appear in my IIS plug in. Can you help? Error are

The page cannot be displayed

There is a problem with the page you are trying to reach and it cannot
be displayed.


or with Show friendly HTTP errormessages turned to OFF in IE the message is:

Server Application Error
The server has encountered an error while loading an application during the
processing of your request. Please refer to the event log for more detail
information. Please contact the server administrator for assistance.

"A. Mentzer" <mentzers.DeleteThis@hq.2sigbde.army.mil> wrote in message
news:e3LJe5DLEHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
 > My development workstation with a new XP load will not display ASP pages.
I
 > have set permissions according to the Q271071 document but still get the
 > error/s. Some help suggestions say to enable web services in MMC, but it
 > does not appear in my IIS plug in. Can you help? Error are
 >
 > The page cannot be displayed
 >
 > There is a problem with the page you are trying to reach and it
cannot
 > be displayed.
 >
 >
 > or with Show friendly HTTP errormessages turned to OFF in IE the message
is:
 >
 > Server Application Error
 > The server has encountered an error while loading an application during
the
 > processing of your request. Please refer to the event log for more detail
 > information. Please contact the server administrator for assistance.

.... and what does the event log say?

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