What's an "Internal Server Error" and how do I fix it?

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how to fix internel server error?

Hi,
I am working on teamsite 6.7.1 sp1 on iis server
I'm trying to upload any kind of files, and no matter what I try to upload I get this error message:

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@******.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

Thanks
paul

You may also want to review your .htaccess file.
Authentic Jordans

I have a desktop and a laptop. Only the desktop gives me this error and the laptop does not. I went through internet options and made sure all the options on the desktop were the same as laptop. I still cannot get all the links from the page to open up. As far as I know it only happens from links on this page after I put a symbol in get quotebox. I get this when I click on a link from left side margin listing.
"An error occurred on the server when processing the URL. Please contact the system administrator"
Why doesn't it happen on laptop?
Here is the page I start with.
http://moneycentral.msn.com/detail/stock_quote?symbol=BA&ww=1

THIS APPEARED ON AOL WEB-SITE WHILE TRYING TO FIND AN AIL PROFILE. SIMULAR PROBLEM WHEN TRYING TO UPDATE AN AIM PROFILE! AOL TRIES TO MAKE A CUSTOMER RESPONSIBLE.
OK
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, Member_Services and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

NOT TRUE. Or ot is true about 10% this article.
It is the client's FAULT! Just check your .htaccess file... argh!

One question: I am useing mozilla firefox to view my yahoo email account and there's been a new feature where you can "connect" to different people in your address list. But I chose to ignore that, so I clicked "inbox". There's a small light blue text box that says "loading..." below the tab (yahoo toolbar). I waited for many minutes and it seems that nothing is happening. If however, I decide to right click on "inbox" and choose to open in another tab, I would be able to go into that page, but the problem is that I can't push send because I can't "open" send in another tab. Who should I bring this issue to?

yes, this problem happens to many times when i try to open my own site? can you tell me what ca I do to reconfigure again

hi,

in most cases the problem is your .htaccess !!!
sry... i can't tell u what you have to add to your htaccess or what to remove because i'm not on my computer right now... :S

but search google for this error and htaccess how to configure it.

best regards, john

hi,

it's john again :>
it can be your .htaccess or if you set the premisson of a file or folder to 777 change it back to 755 or 644 or 666 and check if the error will diappear. ;)

john

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