ASP pages in IIS using Localhost 401.3 Error do not have permission

Question

I have just installed the IIS so I can view asp files in a browser but when I put the address in a browser as : http://localhost/index.asp I get an error.

The error

Answer 1

I had this happen to me and what I needed to do was apparently add a web.config file. Doesn't matter that it was just a PHP site, and that "Everyone" had full control. Until there was a basic Web.config - NO DICE!