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Niklas Dahlquist
24-Aug-2005, 06:33 AM
Hello,

When Service Pack 1 for Windows 2003 Server is installed, I get a message
similar to "Access denied" when trying to access my web application.

If I uninstall Service pack 1, the message will dissappear and the WebApp
works fine.

What could cause this problem and is there any solution for this issue?

Kind Regards
Micke Milton

Anders Öhrt
24-Aug-2005, 07:49 AM
> When Service Pack 1 for Windows 2003 Server is installed, I get a message
> similar to "Access denied" when trying to access my web application.

Where do you get the error, in the browser? Anything in the event log?

// Anders

wila
24-Aug-2005, 10:54 AM
Niklas,

I've seen something similar on one of my servers after an M$ patch.

Here's a quote of mine about it:
"
After the update i tested if IIS and webapp where still functioning and
got a "forbidden access" when i tried my first webapp on localhost.
My first reaction was: "uh-hoh"

After a quick inspection i found that the default document for this
webapp was gone. So re-applying a "default.asp" and setting it as a
default document fixed the problem.
"

Hope this helps,

Wil

Niklas Dahlquist wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When Service Pack 1 for Windows 2003 Server is installed, I get a message
> similar to "Access denied" when trying to access my web application.
>
> If I uninstall Service pack 1, the message will dissappear and the WebApp
> works fine.
>
> What could cause this problem and is there any solution for this issue?
>
> Kind Regards
> Micke Milton
>
>
>

Knut Sparhell
24-Aug-2005, 11:36 AM
Niklas Dahlquist wrote:

> When Service Pack 1 for Windows 2003 Server is installed, I get a message
> similar to "Access denied" when trying to access my web application.
>
> If I uninstall Service pack 1, the message will dissappear and the WebApp
> works fine.
>
> What could cause this problem and is there any solution for this issue?

I have seen this on the Standard Edition (not the Web Edition). Some
registry keys had got insufficient access.

I used:

Sysinternals RegMon (and FileMon first)
One full labor day to sort it out and set the right accesses.

I did't make any record of what I found and what I changed (mostly
experimental). But if I see this again I will surely make and publish a
"white paper".

--
Knut Sparhell, Norway