Question: (Warning - asp newbie) I have an aspx file with the tag

```
    <%@ Page Language=VB  ... %>

```

right at the beginning of the file.

When calling this from my IIS server (<http://localhost/myservice/default.aspx>), this gives me the error 

> 
> This page contains the following
>  errors: 
> 
> 
> error on line 1 at column 2:
>  StartTag: invalid element name  
> 
>  Below is a rendering of the page up to
>  the first error.
> 
> 
> 

What am I doing wrong?

Answer: 
Try this :

To install and enable ASP.NET:

Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Click Add or Remove Programs.
Click Add/Remove Windows components.
Double-click Application Server, and then click Details.
Click to select the ASP.NET check box, and then click OK.
Click Next.
Click Finish.
For me, the problem was in the serialization that responded to client.

My problem was in the xml tags spaces:

```
  - < tag > text < / tag >  ---> wrong

  - <tag> text </tag> ----> good.

```