We have been trying to install 2.0.3 on a new server with little success.

Having installed the database we have created an IIS directory called gemini and copied the files from DeployStep2_WebApp into this folder.

We have configured the web.config file which I attach for information.

The application comes up and I can log in with the admin user and I can set up users, but whenever I run the System Admin or security scheme options I get the error page as shown below.

We installed the 2.0.2 application in exactly the same way and with the same settings and user security on another server for evaluation and did not encounter this issue.

All help gratefully received. 

Server Error in '/Gemini/admin' Application.

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: ?

Source Error:

Line 233:        </httpHandlers>
Line 234:       <httpModules>
Line 235:           <add name="GeminiHttpModule" type="Gemini.GeminiHttpModule, CounterSoft.Gemini" />
Line 236:        </httpModules>
Line 237:       <!-- This allows HTML text to be entered into Gemini -->

Source File: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\Gemini\web.config    Line: 235

Assembly Load Trace: The following information can be helpful to determine why the assembly 'CounterSoft.Gemini' could not be loaded.

=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: DisplayName = CounterSoft.Gemini
 (Partial)
LOG: Appbase = file:///c:/inetpub/wwwroot/Gemini/admin
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = bin


Calling assembly : (Unknown).

LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind).
LOG: Post-policy reference: CounterSoft.Gemini
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary ASP.NET Files/geminiadmin/4b53654b/e102b794/CounterSoft.Gemini.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary ASP.NET Files/geminiadmin/4b53654b/e102b794/CounterSoft.Gemini/CounterSoft.Gemini.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///c:/inetpub/wwwroot/Gemini/admin/bin/CounterSoft.Gemini.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///c:/inetpub/wwwroot/Gemini/admin/bin/CounterSoft.Gemini/CounterSoft.Gemini.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary ASP.NET Files/geminiadmin/4b53654b/e102b794/CounterSoft.Gemini.EXE.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary ASP.NET Files/geminiadmin/4b53654b/e102b794/CounterSoft.Gemini/CounterSoft.Gemini.EXE.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///c:/inetpub/wwwroot/Gemini/admin/bin/CounterSoft.Gemini.EXE.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///c:/inetpub/wwwroot/Gemini/admin/bin/CounterSoft.Gemini/CounterSoft.Gemini.EXE.

The config file looks as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" ?>
<configuration>
 <configSections>
  <sectionGroup name="GeminiPlugins">
   <section name="MailPlugin" type="System.Configuration.NameValueFileSectionHandler,System,Version=1.0.3300.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
  </sectionGroup>
  <section name="nhibernate" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler, System, Version=1.0.5000.0,Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
  <section name="microsoft.web.services2" type="Microsoft.Web.Services2.Configuration.WebServicesConfiguration, Microsoft.Web.Services2, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
 </configSections>
 <!-- **************-->
 <!-- **************-->
 <!-- Gemini application settings go here -->
 <!-- **************-->
 <!-- **************-->
 <GeminiPlugins>
  <MailPlugin>
   <!-- SMTPServer - specify IP number or machine name -->
   <add key="SMTPServer" value="172.28.8.100" />
   <!-- SMTP authentication values: OFF, BASIC, NTLM. -->
   <add key="SMTPAuthentication" value="OFF" />
   <add key="SMTPUserName" value="" />
   <add key="SMTPPassword" value="" />
   <!-- Global email alert type on/off settings -->
   <add key="IssueCreateAlert" value="true" />
   <add key="IssueUpdateAlert" value="false" />
   <add key="IssueCommentAlert" value="false" />
   <add key="IssueStatusChangeAlert" value="false" />
   <add key="IssueResolutionChangeAlert" value="false" />
   <add key="IssueDeleteAlert" value="false" />
   <add key="IssueAssignedAlert" value="true" />
   <add key="IssueClosedAlert" value="false" />
   <add key="IssueResolvedAlert" value="false" />
   <add key="IssueWatcherAlert" value="false" />
   <!-- Options -->
   <add key="FromEmailAddress" value="gemini@carnivalukgroup.com" />
   <add key="Debug" value="false" />
   <add key="SendAlerts" value="true" />
   <!-- Email encoding values: ASCII, DEFAULT, UNICODE, UTF7, UTF8. -->
   <add key="Encoding" value="UTF8" />
   <!-- TemplateEngine values: NVELOCITY, STRINGTEMPLATE -->
   <add key="TemplateEngine" value="NVELOCITY" />
   <!-- TemplatesPath: Optional setting that can contain absolute path to "templates\mail" folder
     - leave empty to let Gemini work it out
     - or, specify full path , e.g. "c:\inetpub\wwwroot\gemini\templates\mail\"
   -->
   <add key="TemplatesPath" value="" />
  </MailPlugin>
 </GeminiPlugins>
 <nhibernate>
  <!-- The SQL Server dialect (Gemini supports "MsSql2000Dialect" or "MsSql7Dialect") -->
  <add key="hibernate.dialect" value="NHibernate.Dialect.MsSql2000Dialect" />
  <!-- The SQL Server database connection string -->
  <add key="hibernate.connection.connectionstring" value="data source=ntps1095;initial catalog=Gemini;user id=gemini;password=gem1n1" />
  <!-- Misc -->
  <add key="hibernate.connection.provider" value="NHibernate.Connection.DriverConnectionProvider" />
  <add key="hibernate.connection.driverclass" value="NHibernate.Driver.SqlClientDriver" />
 </nhibernate>
 <appSettings>
  <!-- OrganisationName - Name of your organisation -->
  <add key="OrganisationName" value="Carnival (UK)" />
  <!-- RegisteredTo - The email address of whom the product is registered to -->
  <add key="RegisteredTo" value="sheldon.bedwell@carnivalukgroup.com" />
  <!-- RegistrationCode - The product registration keycode as provided by CounterSoft -->
  <add key="RegistrationCode" value="7V7H-QM2L-FU5F-9LX2" />
  
  <!-- FullGeminiURL - requires trailing forward-slash! -->
  <add key="FullGeminiURL" value="http://ntps1095/gemini/" />
  <!-- GeminiAdmins - Email address for Gemini administrators -->
  <add key="GeminiAdmins" value="sheldon.bedwell@carnivalukgroup.com" />
  
  <!-- WelcomeTitle - Commercial Licensees only !! -->
  <add key="WelcomeTitle" value="Carnival (UK)" />
  <!-- WelcomeMessage - Commercial Licensees only !! -->
  <add key="WelcomeMessage" value="Welcome to Gemini, the IT Projects Issue Management System" />
  
  <!-- DateFormat - "EU" or "US" -->
  <add key="DateFormat" value="EU" />
  <!-- TimeInWorkingDay - specify as HH:MM (example "7:30" which equals 7 hours 30 minutes) -->
  <add key="TimeInWorkingDay" value="7:00" />
  
  <!-- WebServicesAccessCode - Security code that must be used when using Gemini web services -->
  <add key="WebServicesAccessCode" value="Gemini" />
  <!-- WinWebServicesAccessCode - Security code that must be used by Gemini Desktop application -->
  <add key="WinWebServicesAccessCode" value="Gemini" />
  <!-- UseAccessCodeForSourceControl - Should we authenticate access to the AddSCFile.aspx? -->
  <add key="UseAccessCodeForSourceControl" value="NO" />
  
  <!-- GlobalAssignResourceAtIssueCreation
    - Controls if ALL USERS can assign resource to an issue during issue creation
    - Possible values = "YES" or "NO"
    - If this is set to YES, then ANY USER can assign a resource to an issue during issue creation
  -->
  <add key="GlobalAssignResourceAtIssueCreation" value="NO" />
  <!-- AutoAlertForIssueCreator
    - Controls if the user creating an issue is automatically an ISSUE WATCHER (get issue alerts)
    - Possible values = "YES" or "NO"
    - If this is set to YES, then alerts will be sent to issue creators whenever the issue is updated
  -->
  <add key="AutoAlertForIssueCreator" value="NO" />
  <!-- AutoAlertForIssueResource
    - Controls if the user working on an issue is automatically an ISSUE WATCHER (get issue alerts)
    - Possible values = "YES" or "NO"
    - If this is set to YES, then alerts will be sent to issue workers whenever the issue is updated
  -->
  <add key="AutoAlertForIssueResource" value="NO" />
  
  <!-- ShowUserRegistrationLink
    - controls whether the logon page displays a link that would allow anyone to register as a member.
    - possible values = "YES" or "NO"
  -->
  <add key="ShowUserRegistrationLink" value="NO" />
  
  <!-- AllowAnonymousUsers- Controls if anonymous users can access Gemini (e.g. no logon required)
    - If this is set to YES, then anyone can view and use Gemini without logging-in
  -->
  <add key="AllowAnonymousUsers" value="YES" />
  
  <!-- ViewAllProjects  - Are all projects visible to everyone?
    - Setting this option to "NO" will mean you can control visibility of projects at user level
  -->
  <add key="ViewAllProjects" value="NO" />
  
  <!-- AlwaysShowGeminiStats - Controls if the Gemini statistics panel is always shown on the main page
    - By default, the stats panel is only visible if you are an admin user or ViewAllProjects=YES
  -->
  <add key="AlwaysShowGeminiStats" value="NO" />
  
  <!-- ResetPasswordSubject - The email subject line used for sending password reset requests -->
  <add key="ResetPasswordSubject" value="Gemini Password Reset Request" />
  <!-- ResetPasswordMessage - The email message used for sending password reset requests -->
  <add key="ResetPasswordMessage" value="Please click on the link below to reset your Gemini password." />
  <!-- When creating a new user, you can send a reset password request:
   - AUTO      = Will always send reset password.
   - BLANK     = Will send a reset password only if password is blank.
   - NEVER     = Will not send a reset password.
  -->
  <add key="NewUserResetPassword" value="NEVER" />
  
  <!-- IssueDescriptionType - Possible values: Text, FreeTextBox or RichText -->
  <add key="IssueDescriptionType" value="RichText" />
  <!-- IssueCommentType - Possible values: Text, FreeTextBox or RichText-->
  <add key="IssueCommentType" value="RichText" />
  
  <!-- PluginPath - path to plugin directory under bin folder (required) -->
  <add key="PluginPath" value="bin/plugins" />
  <!-- DictionaryFolder - Location of the spell check files -->
  <add key="DictionaryFolder" value="dic" />
  <!-- Default Project Repository File Click Behaviour (None or View) -->
  <add key="ProjReposFileClick" value="None" />
  <!-- EnableHTMLPosts - Controls if HTML tags can be entered into text boxes -->
  <add key="EnableHTMLPosts" value="YES" />
  <!-- CharSetForExcel - The character set used when exporting issues to Excel -->
  <add key="CharSetForExcel" value="ISO-8859-1" />
  
  <!-- Make a never expired session (refresh in seconds) -->
  <add key="SessionRefresher" value="600" />
 
  <!-- Single Sign On [method of passing user credentials (SSO.aspx)]
    - DBHASHED= This is taking the actual password as it is on the DB (converted to base 64 string) and hash it with a key that is in the web.config (SSOKey).
    - DB      = This is taking the actual password as it is on the DB (converted to base 64 string).
    - HASHED  = This is taking the clear text password and hash it with a key that is in the web.config (SSOKey, see below).
    - PLAIN   = This is just sending the password as clear text.
   -->
  <add key="SSOPasswordType" value="DB" />
  <add key="SSOKey" value="" />
  
  <!-- Any issue id with this qualified found will automatically link to the issue -->
  <add key="IssueLinkQualifier" value="GEM:" />
 </appSettings>
 <system.web>
  <compilation defaultLanguage="c#" debug="false" />
  <!--  CUSTOM ERROR MESSAGES
          Set customError mode values to control the display of user-friendly
          error messages to users instead of error details (including a stack trace):

          "On" Always display custom (friendly) messages 
          "Off" Always display detailed ASP.NET error information.
          "RemoteOnly" Display custom (friendly) messages only to users not running
          on the local Web server. This setting is recommended for security purposes, so
          that you do not display application detail information to remote clients.
    -->
  <customErrors mode="Off" />
  <!--  AUTHENTICATION  (Gemini possible modes are "Windows", "Forms") -->
  <authentication mode="Forms">
   <forms
    name="Gemini"
    loginUrl="Default.aspx"
    timeout="60"
    path="/">
   </forms>
  </authentication>
  <authorization>
   <deny users="?"></deny>
  </authorization>
  <!--  APPLICATION-LEVEL TRACE LOGGING
          Application-level tracing enables trace log output for every page within an application.
          Set trace enabled="true" to enable application trace logging.  If pageOutput="true", the
          trace information will be displayed at the bottom of each page.  Otherwise, you can view the
          application trace log by browsing the "trace.axd" page from your web application
          root.
    -->
  <trace enabled="false" requestLimit="10" pageOutput="false" traceMode="SortByTime" localOnly="true" />
  <!--  SESSION STATE SETTINGS
          By default ASP .NET uses cookies to identify which requests belong to a particular session.
          If cookies are not available, a session can be tracked by adding a session identifier to the URL.
          To disable cookies, set sessionState cookieless="true".
         
          InProc
          SQLServer (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=317604)
          StateServer
    -->
  <sessionState
   mode="InProc"
   stateConnectionString="tcpip=127.0.0.1:42424"
   sqlConnectionString="data source=127.0.0.1;user id=gemini;password=gem1n1"
   cookieless="false"
   timeout="60" />
   
  <!--  GLOBALIZATION - This section sets the globalization settings of the application. -->
  <globalization culture="en-GB" uiCulture="en-GB" requestEncoding="utf-8" responseEncoding="utf-8" />
  <!-- File Upload Settings -->
  <httpRuntime executionTimeout="90" maxRequestLength="44096" useFullyQualifiedRedirectUrl="false" />
  <!-- The following blockers only come into affect if IIS is also configured
   http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=815152
 -->
  <httpHandlers>
   <add type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" path=".xsl" verb="" />
   <add type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" path=".vm" verb="" />
   <add type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" path=".log" verb="" />
   <add type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" path=".config" verb="" />
   <add type="FreeTextBoxControls.AssemblyResourceHandler, FreeTextBox" path="FtbWebResource.axd"
    verb="GET" />
  </httpHandlers>
  <httpModules>
   <add name="GeminiHttpModule" type="Gemini.GeminiHttpModule, CounterSoft.Gemini" />
  </httpModules>
  <!-- This allows HTML text to be entered into Gemini -->
  <pages validateRequest="true" enableSessionState="true" enableViewState="true" enableViewStateMac="true" />
  <browserCaps>
   <!-- GECKO Based Browsers (Netscape 6+, Mozilla/Firebird, ...) //-->
   <case match="^Mozilla/5.0 ([^)]) (Gecko/[-\d]+)? (?'type'[^/\d])([\d])/(?'version'(?'major'\d+)(?'minor'.\d+)(?'letters'\w)).">
   browser=Gecko
   type=${type}
   frames=true
   tables=true
   cookies=true
   javascript=true
   javaapplets=true
   ecmascriptversion=1.5
   w3cdomversion=1.0
   css1=true
   css2=true
   xml=true
   tagwriter=System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter
   <case match="rv:(?'version'(?'major'\d+)(?'minor'.\d+)(?'letters'\w))">
    version=${version}
    majorversion=${major}
    minorversion=${minor}
    <case match="^b" with="${letters}">
     beta=true
    </case></case></case>
   <!-- AppleWebKit Based Browsers (Safari...) //-->
   <case match="AppleWebKit/(?'version'(?'major'\d)(?'minor'\d+)(?'letters'\w))">
   browser=AppleWebKit
   version=${version}
   majorversion=${major}
   minorversion=0.${minor}
   frames=true
   tables=true
   cookies=true
   javascript=true
   javaapplets=true
   ecmascriptversion=1.5
   w3cdomversion=1.0
   css1=true
   css2=true
   xml=true
   tagwriter=System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter
   <case match="AppleWebKit/(?'version'(?'major'\d)(?'minor'\d+)(?'letters'\w))( (KHTML, like Gecko) )?(?'type'[^/\d])/.$">
    type=${type}
   </case></case>
   <!-- Konqueror //-->
   <case match="Konqueror/(?'version'(?'major'\d+)(?'minor'.\d+)(?'letters'));\w(?'platform'[^)])">
   browser=Konqueror
   version=${version}
   majorversion=${major}
   minorversion=${minor}
   platform=${platform}
   type=Konqueror
   frames=true
   tables=true
   cookies=true
   javascript=true
   javaapplets=true
   ecmascriptversion=1.5
   w3cdomversion=1.0
   css1=true
   css2=true
   xml=true
   tagwriter=System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter
  </case>
  </browserCaps>
  <webServices>
   <soapExtensionTypes>
    <add type="Microsoft.Web.Services2.WebServicesExtension, Microsoft.Web.Services2, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"
     priority="1" group="0" />
   </soapExtensionTypes>
  </webServices>
 </system.web>
 <location path="Register.aspx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="ForgotPassword.aspx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="ResetPassword.aspx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="Error.aspx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="webservices/Gemini.asmx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="IssuesExcel.aspx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="xproject/IssuesExcel.aspx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="admin">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <deny users="?"></deny>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="sc/AddSCFile.aspx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="issue/StopWatch.aspx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="SSO.aspx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="webservices/CustomFieldsWS.asmx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="webservices/VersionsWS.asmx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="webservices/ComponentsWS.asmx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="webservices/AuthWS.asmx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="webservices/GeminiLookUpsWS.asmx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="webservices/IssuesWS.asmx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="webservices/ProjectsWS.asmx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="webservices/GeminiWSE.asmx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="webservices/TimeTracking.asmx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <location path="Refresher.aspx">
  <system.web>
   <authorization>
    <allow users=""></allow>
   </authorization>
  </system.web>
 </location>
 <microsoft.web.services2>
  <diagnostics />
  <security>
   <securityTokenManager type="CounterSoft.GeminiBiz.GeminiUsernameTokenManager, CounterSoft.GeminiBiz" xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd"
    qname="wsse:UsernameToken" />
  </security>
 </microsoft.web.services2>
</configuration>