Access Violation Occurs Converting W3C Log Files

• Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition

SYMPTOMS

An access violation may occur when you attempt to convert a W3C extended log file to any other log file format.

CAUSE

Convlog is reading less than the full log line for parsing, so the remaining part of the line is being treating as a separate log entry.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional 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 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

MORE INFORMATION

The fix increases the read buffer to the same length as the maximum size of a log line.

Additional query words: sp hot fix qfe

Keywords : NT4SP4Fix
Version : WINNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug