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Just for clarification on the "Keep Session ID secure" setting (I tend to use the real name rather tan the friendly name) ... see the quote below:

 

cognecy wrote:   The Fix for IIS7   I the IIS properties window, under the ASP tab --> Session Properties, there is a setting for "New ID on Secure Connections" (this is the friendly name).  IIS7 had this set on/enabled by default.  You will need to ask your host to turn this setting off.  Once this is done, you should not have any further issue.   A more detailed explanation for this is discovered in looking at the real name for this setting which is "Keep Session ID Secure" and the description of this setting is that when enabled, it will ensure a secure channel by storing session info in an encrypted cookie.

 

I sent you a private message this forum with my contact information.  Please give me a call .. I think I can get you pointed in the right direction.

 

Ask them if they can remove this filter for you and see if that make a difference.

 

Just to let you know this user's server is a shared Win2008 server and as such, it is unlikely the host will turn on detailed error messages.  In IIS7, it is not as simple as just turning on the switch to send detailed messages to the browser as you also must alter the 'server side' 500 error message.  There is a strong recommendation from Microsoft not to use that setting on Win2008 if the server is public-facing because the errors IIS7 gives reveal too much information about the server (this is why it is off by default on this OS when it is loaded). 

 

I think we are going to see a lot more of this as hosts in general switch/upgrade to Win2008 64Bit machines (which is a VERY Good thing by the way but it does require your host understands how to keep legacy applications running on the new servers).

 

On ecotutors issue, I am 'fairly certain' this is not a software issue but rather a configuration issue with Win2008 because I ran into the same sorts of issues on our servers the first time I tried to run ProductCart on Win2008 (the exception being that it is my server and could make setting changes directly). 

 

Out of the box ProductCart just cannot run on a Win2008 Server with 'server default settings' because ProductCart is a Classic ASP application which is not compatible with 64Bit servers (even if 2008 were loaded as a 32 bit server, IIS7 defaults would give it some problems).  As we have discovered, being a web host successfully using Win2008 64Bit for ProductCart, there are several things you need to do in order to get a Classic ASP application to run properly on Win2008/IIS7.  I have talked with "ecotutor" offline and it seems their host likes to put up a fight when it comes to making setting changes on their servers (even if those changes are contained within her 'hosting bubble' on the server).

 

After we verify all initial requirements for her hosting account are set properly, then we can try to pull the detailed error messages (before that it is useless as IIS7 will not give the details for a wrong configuration and will continue to force the 500 error).  Needless to say, if the host will not turn on 'send detailed error messages to browser' and make the '500 error page' change required, the user will likely need to place a web.config file in the root of their site with the content being:

 

<configuration>

<system.webServer>

  <httpErrors errorMode="Detailed" />

</system.webServer>

</configuration>

 

 

When the file is not in use it can either be re-named or change "Detailed" to "OFF".