HELP wrote:
> laurie,
> I had the same problem and Now it has been fixed.i looked online and
> here is what i found:
>
> 1)The FIX
> For IIS MMC: Right click My Computer....then click manage...under
> services and applications.....expand IIS
> then right click the "reports" virtual directory, select property and
> then under the
> ASP.NET tab select asp.net version that belongs to the .NET framework
> version 2.something. For some reason, after you installed reporting
> services,
> the version of the ASP.NET was removed from the asp.net tab. click ok
>
> 2)New Problem
> Then you get this new problem when you go to http://localhost/Reports/
> --my comment Failed to access IIS metabase.
> Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of
> the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more
> information about the error and where it originated in the code.
>
> Exception Details: System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironmentException:
> Failed to access IIS metabase.
>
> The process account used to run ASP.NET must have read access to the
> IIS metabase (e.g. IIS://servername/W3SVC). For information on
> modifying metabase permissions, please see
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=267904 .
>
> Source Error:
>
> An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the
> current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of
> the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
>
>
> Stack Trace:
>
> [HostingEnvironmentException: Failed to access IIS metabase.]
> System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.MapPathCaching(String path)
> +3609369 System.Web.CachedPathData.GetPathData(String path) +406
> System.Web.Configuration.RuntimeConfigLKG.GetInternalSection
> (String sectionName, Type type, ResultsIndex index) +134
>
>
>
> 2) The FIX
> To correct the problem To repair IIS mappings for ASP.NET, run the
> Aspnet_regiis.exe utlity. To do so, follow these steps:
>
> Click Start, and then click Run.
> Type cmd, and then click OK.
> At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press
> ENTER:
> "\<Windows folder>\Microsoft.NET\Framework\<Version
> Number>\aspnet_regiis.exe" -i
>
> NOTE:Replace <Windows folder> with the name of the directory where the
> operating system is installed and replace <Version Number> with the
> .NET Framework version installed on your computer. Or you could do a
> seach for the .exe file and locate the directory
>
> You can find the above reference at
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325093
>
> Now try going to http://computername/reports/
>
> Hope it helps,
> Sharan Doddakashi
>
>
> LaurieT wrote:
> > Clint -- Thanks, I tried this and still got some errors (although different
> > than I was seeing before).
> >
> > I got this error when trying http://localhost:81/Reports
> >
> > "The XML page cannot be displayed
> > Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and
> > then click the Refresh button, or try again later.
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > A name was started with an invalid character. Error processing resource
> > 'http://localhost:81/Reports'. Line 1, Position 2
> >
> > <%@ Page language="c#" Codebehind="Home.aspx.cs" AutoEventWireup="false"
> > Inherits="Microsoft.ReportingServices.UI.HomePag..."
> >
> > Any ideas???
> >
> > Thank you.
> > --
> > LaurieT
> >
> >
> > "Clint" wrote:
> >
> > > What happens when you try going to http://localhost/?
> > >
> > > Have you tried http://localhost:81/Reports, since that's what you changed
> > > the port to?
> > >
> > > Clint
> > >
> > > "LaurieT" <LaurieT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:75CE650E-D235-4DDC-9408-802E8AE9312A@microsoft.com...
> > > >I just installed SQL Server 2005 (Reporting Services) on my collegues
> > > >laptop
> > > > (Windows XP, SP2) and when we try to deploy the reports we get the
> > > > message:
> > > > "A connection could not be made with report server at
> > > > http://localhost/ReportServer"
> > > >
> > > > Everything is running (green checks) in the Reporting Services
> > > > configuration
> > > > manager. We get the error, "Page not found." when we just try to open
> > > > http://<machinename>/Reports or http://localhost/Reports. I see the
> > > > virtual
> > > > directories in IIS, all services seem to be running correctly.
> > > >
> > > > Please help! I have installed reporting services about 10 times and have
> > > > not run into this problem before. The only issue that we had initially
> > > > was
> > > > that the IIS default web site would not run because there was a conflict
> > > > on
> > > > TCP Port 80, so I switched that TCP Port to port 81 -- this shouldn't be a
> > > > problem should it.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you,
> > > > Laurie
> > > > --
> > > > LaurieT
> > >
> > >
> > >