Internet Information Server Returns Old Content to Browsers

• Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

Internet Information Server version 4.0 (IIS) may not refresh updated HTML pages or text files. The old content is returned, even if the file has been modified on the IIS server. This may happen on a heavily loaded IIS server with repeated hits to the content, which is frequently updated.

CAUSE

IIS fails to update its cache properly.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT version 4.0. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

Q152734 : How To Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Information Server version 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.

Keywords :
Version : WINNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug