Access Violation Error Message in the Inetinfo Process

ID: Q242085

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you send a large request to the Ssinc.dll or the Httpodcb.dll files, you may receive an "access violation" error message in the Inetinfo process.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. 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 Windows NT 4.0.

This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6.

MORE INFORMATION

This is a known problem with file names that have any of the following file extensions:

.idc

.stm

.shtml

The following command is an example of a command that generates an access violation error message:

GET /<MORE THAN 1K of 'a'>.IDC HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n

Additional query words: av dr. dr watson iis

Keywords : kbenv kberrmsg kbnetwork
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb