SSIExecDisable Does Not Work after Applying Windows NT SP4

• Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

Disabling the #exec function in Server-Side Include files using the SSIExecDisable metabase setting will not work after you apply Windows NT Service Pack 4.

For additional information on disabling the #exec function in Server-Side Include files, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q195291 How to Disable #exec in Server-Side Include Files

CAUSE

Ssinc.dll is not updated through Windows NT Service Pack 4. It has dependencies in Infocomm.dll and W3svc.dll that changed with Windows NT Service Pack 4, causing SSIExecDisable to no longer work.

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
   -------------------------------------------------------------
   06/15/99  09:18p                60,176 Ssinc.dll     Alpha
   06/15/99  09:18p                38,256 Ssinc.dll     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