Hi Chris,
 
> OK, I'm about to strangle the next person that sends me an 
> email with "My payroll doesn't work."  or "The intranet 
> doesn't work, it says 'page cannot be displayed'" and doesn't 
> bother to tell me the error that it generated.

Take pictures. Put them in the files area.
We could all use the entertainment. ;)


> Is there a way to have it revert to a custom error page that 
> gives them specific instructions and the error message?  I 
> just want them to tell me the line number and error message 
> so I don't have to try to create the same error on my own.

You'll need to trap several of the errors in IIS, most particularly
the 403, 404, 500, & 500;100. And here's the doozie:
  MAKE SURE YOUR ERROR PAGE IS AT LEAST 4 KB.
Sure, you can make it sweet and simple and to the point, but it just
won't work. IE is designed to 'safely' ignore error pages that are
too small to be of use (like the useful ones!) so you have to return
at least 4kb to make the default IE errors go away. You can do this
with hundreds of nonbreaking spaces and spaces mixed together or
empty spans or whatever - but you've gotta return 4kb.

Regards,

Shawn K. Hall
http://12PointDesign.com/
http://ReliableAnswers.com/

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    Time heals all wounds, unless you pick at them.
        -- Shawn Alexander




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