Microsoft KB Archive/194061

= FP98: HTTP Code 501 Error Opening, Creating Web =

Article ID: 194061

Article Last Modified on 5/13/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q194061



For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see 205700.

For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see 143225.



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 megebytes (MB) of random access memory (RAM).

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

194135 FP98: How to Install FrontPage Server Extensions for IIS 3.0

194102 FP: How to Install FrontPage Server Extensions for MSPWS

194425 FP98: How to Upgrade the FrontPage Server Extensions

194103 FP: How to Install FrontPage Server Extensions for IIS

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