What does this mean?

[Punked Out Comp]

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 remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine. Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off". Web.Config Configuration File configuration> system.web> customErrors mode="Off"/> /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 configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL. Web.Config Configuration File configuration> system.web> customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/> /system.web> /configuration>

I deleted a buch of "<"s because they prevented the html part of the message from showing up.


I got this when trying to access a certain page on a website. I've been using the site for a while, and have accessed the page numerous times in the past, this is recent, it started within the past couple of days. The rest of the site works, but I need this page.

[doctorgonzo]

From the error message, the problem is with the server, not your computer. Have you contacted the owner of the website?

[Punked Out Comp]

No, but it's fixed now. I find it strange that that particular portion of the site was down for a couple of days. This isn't an incredibly popular site, but it is big enough that I would have expected something to be done sooner.

Looking at the message again, it should have been clear to me what it meant from the beginning, but I read it several times and it seemed like gibberish.

Thanks for your help.