Microsoft KB Archive/143225

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

Article ID: 143225

Article Last Modified on 11/13/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 1.1 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q143225



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

For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 194061.



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:

169529 FP97: How to Install FrontPage Server Extensions for IIS 3.0

167931 How to Install FrontPage Server Extensions for MSPWS

161845 FP97: How to Upgrade the FrontPage Server Extensions

156842 How to Install FrontPage Server Extensions for IIS

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

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