title: C# ASP.NET "Compiler Error Message: CS1002: ; expected" on the most basic code
body: <p>I'm trying to test if ASP.NET is working on my customers IIS 7.5 server, the code below works fine on my server. </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;html&gt;
  &lt;body bgcolor="yellow"&gt;
  &lt;center&gt;
  &lt;h2&gt;Hello&lt;/h2&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;%Response.Write(now())%&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/center&gt;
  &lt;/body&gt;
  &lt;/html&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Using the exact same text.aspx file containing the above code he gets the error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Compilation Error 
  Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to 
  service this request. Please review the following specific error details and 
  modify your source code appropriately. 
  
  Compiler Error Message: CS1002: ; expected
  
  Source Error:
  
      Line 3:  &lt;center&gt;
      Line 4:  &lt;h2&gt;Hello&lt;/h2&gt;
      Line 5:  &lt;p&gt;&lt;%Response.Write(now())%&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      Line 6:  &lt;/center&gt;
      Line 7:  &lt;/body&gt;
  
  Source File: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\myapp\test.aspx    Line: 5 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any ideas why this would be? His server will be running a Swiss version of Windows (if that makes any difference).</p>
  
  <p>Many many thanks.
  Steven</p>