FP: FrontPage Personal Web Server Not Designed for Dedicated Use

ID: Q189876

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
Microsoft FrontPage for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1

SYMPTOMS

If you attempt to use the FrontPage Personal Web server for extended use, such as a dedicated intranet Web server that you never reboot, the Web server may leak system resources and eventually fail.

CAUSE

The FrontPage Personal Web Server was designed not to be a dedicated Web server, but rather to provide "proofing" functionality to Web authors who develop and test Webs before publishing them to a production server. Because of this, it does not have the same resource management capability that dedicated server software provides.

RESOLUTION

If you need to have a dedicated server, you should upgrade to the Microsoft Personal Web server or Microsoft Internet Information Server.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about Microsoft Personal Web Server, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q161150 FP97: Microsoft Personal Web Server vs. FP Personal Web Server

For more information about Microsoft Internet Information Server, please see the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/iis

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbusage fppws
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo