FP98: HTTP Code 501 Error Opening, Creating Web

ID: Q194061

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you try to open or create a Web you get an "HTTP error 501" error message.

CAUSE

FrontPage cannot properly communicate with the server extensions.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this error, follow these steps:

Verify that you can browse to the server using your Web browser.

Run the Server Administrator to verify that the server extensions are installed. If they are not installed, install the server extensions.

Check the Error.log file for out-of-memory errors and verify the amount of physical and virtual memory available. Make sure that you are using at least a 20 (mebabyte) MB permanent swap file. You should have at least 16 megebytes (MB) of random access memory (RAM).

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194135 FP98: How to Install FrontPage Server Extensions for IIS 3.0

Q194102 FP: How to Install FrontPage Server Extensions for MSPWS

Q194425 FP98: How to Upgrade the FrontPage Server Extensions

Q194103 FP: How to Install FrontPage Server Extensions for IIS

Q174347 FP: How to Remove and Install FrontPage Server Extensions for IIS

Additional query words: front page server vermeer 501 browsing browses error code 501

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Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug