IIS not working any more!

Ever since I installed XP pro service pack 1, I have had some strange behaviour with my IIS 5. 1 setup. In short, it doesn't work any more! is producing http 500 error message (ie. Internal Server Error - the page cannot be displayed).

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Ever since I installed XP pro service pack 1, I have had some strange behaviour with my IIS 5.1 setup. In short, it doesn't work any more!
 
http://localhost is producing http 500 error message (ie. Internal Server Error - the page cannot be displayed).
 
According to the service manager, the world-wide web publishing service is running. According to MMC, the default web server is running, with the IP address "* All unassigned *" (is that right?). Pinging localhost works fine.
 
There used to be an icon in the icon tray by which I could tell whether the service was running or not. How can I get this back again?
 
Any help would be appreciated.
 
Alan

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In IE go to 'internet options' then the 'advanced' tab. Now uncheck 'show friendly http error messages'. Now hit the site again and you will recieve a more informative error. A general 500 could be caused by a lot of thisngs, post this new error back and I can help you further.

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ECLG_ENIGMA, thanks for the reply.
 
I eventually had to reinstall IIS and things seem to be working ok for now.
 
Regards,
Alan