I found the cause of the problem, it is detailed here:

http://beta.fogbugz.com/default.asp?fogbugz.4.7553.7

Deleting the invalid script mime mappings fixed the problem.

1) The installer should not create an invalid entry
2) The uninstaller should remove them

I hope this gets fixed in a future release. Doesn't do much to instill
confidence in perl for the uninitiated at work.

$Bill Luebkert wrote:
> David Stanaway wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> I just installed ActivePerl (Latest 5.8 MSI installer from website)
>> (Without ISAPI, PerlScript and PerlEx) on Windows 2003 Server with IIS,
>> and it caused IIS to fail. I don't have access to the system now, but
>> restarting IIS did not resolve the issue. All requests were yielding 500
>> - data invalid pages. Someone that was working with me on restoring the
>> system reported that they fixed the problem by removing some blank files
>> that the installer had set up in the default site. I am thinking
>> global.asa or something. I will find out more on Monday when I see the
>> postmortem.
>>
>> Has anyone come across this before? There should be an option on the
>> installer to not touch IIS at all. I only need perl.exe for system scripts.
> 
> Now you know why I like zips and separate trees with no registry interaction. 
>  ;)
> 
> The only change you should have to make in a system to add an app is to add
> the bin dir to your path or put the binaries in a global dir.
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