Cant get Reports Server page to work

hi I have sql 2005 Standard on WinXP and i cant get http://localhost/ReportServer to work.
I get the web page error
Server Application Error
The server has encountered an error while loading an application during the

processing of your request. Please refer to the event log for more detail

information. Please contact the server administrator for assistance.

I have re-installed sql 2005, reinstalled IIS .
I have run the aspnet_regiis -i and still nothing.

Please someone, anyone , help.

just a suggestion

have a look in your sql server configuration tools // configuration manager // expand the network configuration until you get protocols and then in the right hand pane you should see TCPIP - double click - it might say disabled. - double click and in the properties - then select IP addresses tab - 127.0.0.1 make sure this is enabled. Also check this for remote connections.

We have been down this road and that's what solved ours.

Hope it helps

jewel

|||Hi, I tried as you suggested. That was already enabled.
Still not working.|||what does your event viewer say?|||Event Type: Warning
Event Source: W3SVC
Event Category: None
Event ID: 36

Description:
The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC'. The error was 'The specified metadata was not found.|||

here is a link that may help :)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q257267

|||Hi, i tried what was said in the post but still nothing.
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dont have the file mentioned above in my c:\winnt\system 32. I think

the above is for win nt . I have win xp and my component services

doesnt hang.
|||This seems more like an IIS issue. How about trying to recreate the default web site? If you deploy an ASP.NET app on the default website, does it work? If you reinstall SQL and IIS, make sure you install IIS before SQL.