FP: HTTP Code 501 Error Opening, Creating Web

ID: Q143225

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
  • Microsoft FrontPage for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1

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:

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


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


  3. 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 MB of random access memory (RAM).


For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q169529 FP97: How to Install FrontPage Server Extensions for IIS 3.0
Q167931 How to Install FrontPage Server Extensions for MSPWS
Q161845 FP97: How to Upgrade the FrontPage Server Extensions
Q156842 How to Install FrontPage Server Extensions for IIS
Q174347 How to Remove and Install FrontPage Server Extensions for IIS

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

Keywords : kberrmsg kbusage kbdta
Version : windows:1.0,1.1,97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb


Last Reviewed: July 21, 1999
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