IIS dosen't return page or error

I am running IIS on XP Pro and mainly use it for testing and education purposes. It was working fine until about a month ago, and I haven’t had time to work with it till now. When I try to load a page (any page) whit http://localhost/ I get nothing. No error, no page no nothing. The browser just thinks for every about it.

When I look in the Internet Information Services panel or the Services panel in Administration Tools, everything seems to be working fine and the way it should. But I’m not a expert so I could be missing something.

I got a new cable connection about the time this problem started and didn’t get my firewall up right away (shame on me) and the last logs I have are from IP address unknown to me:

I have several of these which make me think it’s the Code Red Worm, but from what I’ve read XP isn’t vulnerable to that.
02:43:57 24.147.230.124 GET /default.ida 200

Another one I have is
02:39:05 24.107.195.186 SEARCH
with a bunch of these: /� ± ± ± ± ± ±
and then a bunch of these: ���������������
and then a 404

These were logged back at Sept. 6 and nothing has been logged since. I’ve tried everything I can think of including uninstalling IIS and re-installing it from the CD. Nothing works. I’ve turned of my security center and firewall (after disconnecting from the internet) and that doesn’t change anything.

Also when I go to create a ASP.NET Web Serves in Visual Studios .NET 2003 it thinks for a long time then I get an error that says “the server returned and invalided or unrecognized response”.

I’ve tried to give as much info as I can, I’m stumped and if anyone knows what could be going on or where else I could look to figure out what the problem is, please let me know.

Thanks Kenny

Have you run a virus scan?

Yes, I just ran it again. I have McAfee virus scanner and it did not find anything on my computer.

I don't have W2003 for any specifics. I'd say check the windows event log. Can you view a page from the server itself using http://localhost?

I think there are some command-line tools to reset some iis settings, perhaps there is something helpful at www.iisfaq.com

I'm running it on Windows XP pro. And no, I can't return page from the sever itself. Dose XP have an event log? And if so, where do I find it.

I will also check iisfaq.com. Thanks for the tip.

Control panel - Administrative Tools - Event Viewer

If you are running antivirus script blocking software try turning it off while you are troubleshooting.

I am having the same problem, there is nothing in the event veiwer but http//local host will not appear

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