Unrecognized configuration section 'connectionStrings'

Hello ,can someone help me in the following :

I have some pages that have been created with VWD express but when I try to test these pages with Dreamweaver or when I upload these pages on to a Host provider I get the following error message:

Configuration Error

Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: Unrecognized configuration section 'connectionStrings'

Source Error:

Line 10: <configuration>
Line 11: 	<appSettings/>
Line 12: 	<connectionStrings>
Line 13:  <add name="membersConnectionString" connectionString="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=|DataDirectory|/members.mdb;Persist Security Info=True"
Line 14:  providerName="System.Data.OleDb" />

Source File: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\entrep\web.config Line: 12

what could I do to overcome this error

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.2032; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2032

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Unrecognized configuration section 'connectionStrings'

Paulino PP
sometimes there isn't a tab. It's some sort of MS bug. To fix there's a registry hack you need to do. If that scares you, MS recommends a this file called version switcher:

http://www.denisbauer.com/NETTools/ASPNETVersionSwitcher.aspx
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=90552&SiteID=1

It solved the prob on my server.
Alex Leung

After changing version 2.0 i am getting "page can not be displayed" eror message.
DueyDooDah
I launch IIS 6, expand websites, right click on the one in question, select properties and don't see an ASP.NET tab. Am I still in the wrong place
Kui
If you don't want to (or can't) change the framework, try doing the following:

<configuration>
    <configSections>
       <sectionGroup name="test">
          <section name="test1" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler, System, Version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
          <section name="text2" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler, System, Version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
       </sectionGroup>
    </configSections>
</configuration>

<test>
    <test1>
       <add key="testA" value="A" />
       <add key="testB" value="B" />
    </test1>
    <test2>
       <add key="testZ" value="Z" />
       <add key="testY" value="Y" />
    </test2>
</test>
dreameR.78

1-open IIS

2-select your computer name [your server]

3-from action menu > choose All tasks > then choose Restart IIS ..

then reconfiger your web application , and start browsing .
Neil McLaughlin
change the Framework to version 2.0 in IIS (tab of ASP.NET).
Keros
How
andrewbelcher
from IIS go to ASP.NET tab and change the asp.net version to 2.0XXX
Moh_Sheybani
make sure that you IIS is running
iacido
how
Burlow

I already changed version in ASP.NET tab. Now it displays "page not found error".

Narendra Singh Panwar

narenpanwar@hotmail.com
iamhtran

There is no ASP.NET tab in my IIS window.

Doh. Ah, to clarify for other noobs out there, in IIS go to the specific virtual directory of the web application for which you are recieving this error. Right-click on it, and in the properties there will be an ASP.NET tab which you can toggle to .NET
reboard
check if the page actually exists !
angelok
ok i restarted IIS Server but it still give me the same error page "page can not be found"
Unrecognized configuration section 'connectionStrings'

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