HTTP 500 Internal Error - IIS websites

Question

I have installed SP 2010 in a Windows Server 2008 R2 loaded environment. I have been using VS 2010 for developing application pages for SP 2010.

I make use of wsp b

Answer 1

To resolve, you should first instruct IIS to display detailed error messages, instead of just "500".

Adjust your web.config file and set custom errors to off:

(case-sensitive).

In addition, if you are using Internet Explorer, turn of the advanced option "Show friendly error messages".