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Server.CreateObject("MSWC.ContentRotator") error 'ASP 0177 : 800401f3'

I'm migrating a classic asp website from iis6 (Windows Server 2003) to iis7.5 (Windows Server 2008 R2). It uses the content rotator. The schedule is tight so I would prefer not to replace the content rotator at this time. I copied adrot.dll to the new server and successfully registered it with regsvr32. Dependency Walker did not identify any issues with adrot.dll. Any idea what is causing the error?

line causing error: Set objContentRotator = Server.CreateObject("MSWC.ContentRotator")

error message: Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 800401f3' Server.CreateObject Failed

Solution

  • I finally got the ad rotator to work on iis 7.5. After placing adrot.dll in the sysWOW64 directory and registering it with regsvr32 it still did not work even with read and execute permission for "Everyone". What got it working was to grant read and execute permission to "Anonymous Logon".