Internet Information Server Runs Out of Memory

Last reviewed: October 21, 1996
Article ID: Q142658

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server version 1.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

The Internet Information Server fails to deallocate memory when an ISAPI application returns with HSE_STATUS_SUCCESS_AND_KEEP_CONN and later with HSE_STATUS_SUCCESS when the client is done.

CAUSE

The client connection object is not freed up because the ref. count is not becoming zero. The object ref. count is not decremented appropriately when the ISAPI returns with HSE_STATUS_SUCCESS.

WORKAROUND

Obtain the fix mentioned below or wait for the next Service Pack.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem Internet Information Server version 1.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

   S E R V P A C K

KBCategory: kbusage kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00
KBSubcategory: iisgeneral ntsrv
Additional reference words: prodnt 4.00

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Last reviewed: October 21, 1996
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