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Posting Acceptor Causes IIS 4.0 to Go to 100% CPU Utilization

Article ID: 186027

Article Last Modified on 9/22/2005

Microsoft Site Server 2.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q186027

SYMPTOMS

When you start posting a large number of files to an Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 server, the CPU usage can go to 100 percent. This causes IIS to stop responding.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the following fix from Microsoft Technical Support or wait for the next Microsoft Site Server Service Pack.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Site Server, versions 2.0 and 3.0.

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