HTTP Error 500.19 with 0x8007000d on IIS7 “Malformed XML” in web.config

Question

I\'m forced to rebuild my machine from factory default. Everything should be the same, IIS version (7.5), OS (Windows 7), and my website files. However, something is differe

Answer 1

i was in the same situation as you looking for XML. i found the solution. in web.config file ,at the top of the file, there is a xml section. delete the content below, this solve my issue, later on the site can be opened.