title: Reporting server: Server Error in '/Reports' Application
body: <p>I am trying to setup SQL Reporting services on windows vista, iis7 but I keep getting this error when I try <a href="http://localhost/Reports/Pages/Folder.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://localhost/Reports/Pages/Folder.aspx</a></p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <h2>Server Error in '/Reports' Application.</h2>
    
    <p>Request is not available in this context  Description: An unhandled
    exception occurred during the execution of the current web request.
    Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and
    where it originated in the code.  Exception Details:
    System.Web.HttpException: Request is not available in this context
    Source Error:  An unhandled exception was generated during the
    execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin
    and location of the exception can be identified using the exception
    stack trace below.   Stack Trace:  [HttpException (0x80004005):
    Request is not available in this context]<br>
    System.Web.HttpContext.get_Request()
    +3465893    Microsoft.ReportingServices.UI.Global.get_ConfigurationManager()
    +47    Microsoft.ReportingServices.UI.GlobalApp.Application_Start(Object
    sender, EventArgs e) +32 [HttpException (0x80004005): Request is not
    available in this context]<br>
    System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.EnsureAppStartCalledForIntegratedMode(HttpContext
    context, HttpApplication app)
    +3385130    System.Web.HttpApplication.RegisterEventSubscriptionsWithIIS(IntPtr
    appContext, HttpContext context, MethodInfo[] handlers) +125<br>
    System.Web.HttpApplication.InitSpecial(HttpApplicationState state,
    MethodInfo[] handlers, IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context)
    +182    System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr
    appContext, HttpContext context)
    +259    System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.InitializeApplication(IntPtr
    appContext) +245 [HttpException (0x80004005): Request is not available
    in this context]<br>
    System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +3465475 
    System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +69
    System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(IIS7WorkerRequest
    wr, HttpContext context) +675</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The event viewer shows me something like this:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>3005     An unhandled exception has occurred.     10/30/2008 12:31:56
    PM     10/30/2008 9:31:56 AM     d6764b0e70d246a590d9a9e8186ef677<br>
    2     1     0     /LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT/Reports-8-128698327158150000<br>
    RosettaMgr     /Reports     c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
    Server\MSSQL.4\Reporting Services\ReportManager\     
            4756     w3wp.exe     NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE     HttpException     Request is not available in this context<br>
    <a href="http://localhost/Reports/Pages/Folder.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://localhost/Reports/Pages/Folder.aspx</a><br>
    /Reports/Pages/Folder.aspx     ::1 
            False 
            NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE     5     NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE     False     at
    System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.EnsureAppStartCalledForIntegratedMode(HttpContext
    context, HttpApplication app) at
    System.Web.HttpApplication.RegisterEventSubscriptionsWithIIS(IntPtr
    appContext, HttpContext context, MethodInfo[] handlers) at
    System.Web.HttpApplication.InitSpecial(HttpApplicationState state,
    MethodInfo[] handlers, IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) at
    System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr
    appContext, HttpContext context) at
    System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.InitializeApplication(IntPtr
    appContext)</p>
  </blockquote>