Re: Help!! I'm turning into a pumpkin

Ronnie D. Franklin ( ronnie@itexas.net )
Wed, 2 Jul 1997 10:21:26 -0500

Had a customer come in and hit send too soon on the last message!!!

I bet you are using verison 2.0 and you are exporting graphics for the
statistics.

I had the same basic problem, stopped at 12:10 am and it was solved by not
importing the graphics. When I switched to 3.0 the problem went away.

I have a suspicion that it was not IISA 2.0, but instead IIS since MS has
now posted a hotfix for IIS. I realize that their "Cause" is not the same,
but the symptoms sure are!!

Microsoft info:
=============
SYMPTOMS
========

Microsoft Internet Information Server services are stopped and a Dr. Watson
error, which references the Inetinfo.exe process, is generated.

CAUSE
=====

The Internet Information Server service stops when it receives a CGI
request from a browser that contains between 4 and 8 kilobytes of data in
the URL.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this problem, obtain the hotfix below, or wait for the next
service pack.

This hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/nt40/
hotfixes-postSP3/iis-fix

Ronnie@Itexas.net

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> From: Steve Mills <steve@inil.com>
> To: 'NTISP List' <NTISP@emerald.iea.com>
> Subject: Help!! I'm turning into a pumpkin
> Date: Wednesday, July 02, 1997 4:14 AM
>
> Does anyone know if iis does any sort of "maintenance" at Midnight? For
the
> last six days we've Watsoned at exactly Midnight.
>
> I suspect it may have something to do with the statistics package we are
> running (the one from Medihost which has performed beautifully for
months).
>
> Does anyone know of any other processes which run at Midnight or where I
> might look. I need some sleep!!
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
>