Each time I try to create a site collection I get this error: Server Error in '/' Application. Runtime Error Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed. Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on the local server machine, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "RemoteOnly". To enable the details to be viewable on remote machines, please set "mode" to "Off". <!-- Web.Config Configuration File --> <configuration> <system.web> <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly"/> </system.web> </configuration> Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's <customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL. <!-- Web.Config Configuration File --> <configuration> <system.web> <customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/> </system.web> </configuration> What is the problem?

No way to tell from what you have posted. Can you make the changes that the error message asks (please set "mode" to "Off" ) and then let us know what the true error message is? And can you give us a little more information? Are you an end user, a developer, an administrator? Which version are you using? WSS 3.0? MOSS 2007 Standard? MOSS 2007 Enterprise? Is this a brand new install? Have there been any recent changes to the SharePoint servers? Do other sites in the same Application work? Do sites in other Applications work? Mike Smith TechTrainingNotes.blogspot.com

Are you an end user, a developer, an administrator? Yes Which version are you using? WSS 3.0? MOSS 2007 Standard? MOSS 2007 Enterprise? MOSS 2007 Is this a brand new install? No Have there been any recent changes to the SharePoint servers? No Do other sites in the same Application work? No Do sites in other Applications work? Yes only sites on Port 80

Hello, Open your web.config C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\<port> 1. Change <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly"/> to <customErrors mode="Off"/> 2. Change <SafeMode MaxControls=“200“ CallStack=“false“ to <SafeMode MaxControls=“200“ CallStack=“true“ Post the error and also look at the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\LOGS. Pradeep

Ok I will try this and report back

any errors?

Yes. Plenty of error log files in C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\12\LOGS I do not know which ones to check

I have seen one of the log files called PSCDiagnostic_5_27_2010 with lots of entries that look cryptic. I cannot paste all the entries here but am I on the right plane?

Hi, Try to look in the <Server Name><Date><Log Number> .log eg ABC-20100526-0047.log Where ABC is server name Pradeep

Here is a sample of what I saw in the log file: Timestamp Process TID Area Category EventID Level Message Correlation 05/27/2010 09:20:05.52 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x0A70) 0x0AA8 Windows SharePoint Services General 0 Medium Preserving template record with size 1215, use count 1, key ct-1033-0x0111 05/27/2010 09:20:05.52 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x0A70) 0x0AA8 Windows SharePoint Services General 0 Medium Preserving template record with size 3908, use count 2, key ct-1033-0x0116 05/27/2010 09:20:05.52 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x0A70) 0x0AA8 Windows SharePoint Services General 0 Medium Preserving template record with size 2769, use count 1, key ct-1033-0x010009338184931546ee9b887021c71aadba01 05/27/2010 09:20:05.52 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x0A70) 0x0AA8 Windows SharePoint Services General 0 Medium Preserving template record with size 5448, use count 1, key ct-1033-0x010100c568db52d9d0a14d9b2fdcc96666e9f2007948130ec3db064584e219954237af390064dea0f50fc8c147b0b6ea0636c4a7d4 05/27/2010 09:20:05.52 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x0A70) 0x0AA8 Windows SharePoint Services General 0 Medium Preserving template record with size 2522, use count 2, key ct-1033-0x010a 05/27/2010

> Plenty of error log files While they may contain errors, they are not just error logs, so don't panic! :-) Shortly after you get the error, open the newest log, scroll to the bottom and search backwards for "error" or any keyword about the possible error. By the way, did you make the change to the web.config "<customErrors mode="Off"/>" and get the actual error message? That would be the most useful information. Looking back at this discussion I saw: "Do sites in other Applications work? Yes only sites on Port 80" Have their been any changes to your firewalls, network security or IIS settings? Mike Smith TechTrainingNotes.blogspot.com

It now works! Thanks to Pradeep and Mike

So what was the problem, and the solution?Mike Smith TechTrainingNotes.blogspot.com

The problem was this: The application pool account did not match the account used in creating the site collection. Thanks again guys!