Err Msg: The System Could Not Find the File Specified

• Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

Web Site server bindings information written to metabase is corrupted when you use the Internet Information Server (IIS) HTML Administration tool to change Site logging properties for a Web site. This can render the site unreachable because of an incorrect value for the host header name. The following error message may occur:

The system could not find the file specified.

CAUSE

Bindings properties are stored in session variables. Entering the Web Site logging dialog in the HTML Admin resets the session variables, which causes incorrect information to be written for the bindings.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, use the Microsoft Management Console to correct the Web Site bindings information.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. If you are not severely affected by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Windows NT service pack that contains this fix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

   Date      Time                 Size    File name     Platform
   -------------------------------------------------------------
   05/12/99  07:00p                 5,640 Iiput.asp     alpha
   05/12/99  07:00p                 5,640 Iiput.asp     x86 

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Information Server 4.0.

Additional query words:

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