Article ID: 188491
Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q188491
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SYMPTOMS
When the Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 option Append Footers
is selected for a given virtual root, all files and/or documents
downloaded from that v-root will have footers appended regardless of
document type. For example, HTML, ASP, EXE, GIFs, JPGs, and so on will all
have footers appended. In some cases this will cause the browser
downloading the file or document to hang.
CAUSE
Some documents will download with no problem due to the document's format.
Other documents do not have a length indicator, which causes the file
being downloaded to become corrupted due to the appended footer.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use one of the following methods:
- Place only HTML documents under v-roots that are marked for auto-footer
application.
- Use the Mdutil found in the Windows NT Option Pack to set the Footer
Enable value to 0.
The following example shows how to set this attribute for one document:
Mdutil set /w3svc/1/root/foo.htm/FooterEnabled 0
The following example shows how to set this attribute for an entire group
of documents:
For %%I in (*.exe) mdutil set /w3svc/1/root/%%I/FooterEnabled 0
Additional query words: hang stuck frozen bogus footer
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