Article ID: Q165335 
PRODUCT iis 
TITLE : Performance degradation due to memory leak in ASP.DLL
VERSION(S):IIS3.0 ASP 1.0B
OP SYS(S) WINDOWS 
SECURITY :PUBLIC



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The information in this article applies to: 

Microsoft Internet Information Server, versions 3.0 •Microsoft Active Server Pages 1.0b 

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SYMPTOMS 
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If you are running Active Server Pages version 1.0b on 
Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) version 3.0, 
you may experience performance problems. It may take a long 
time for you to notice these performance problems, depending 
on how often the Active Server Pages are accessed. 

CAUSE 
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These performance problems are caused by a memory leak 
in Asp.dll. You can confirm this with Performance Monitor. 

RESOLUTION 
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A hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location. 
You can download the self-extracting files from the following service: 

Internet (anonymous FTP) 

ftp ftp.microsoft.com Change to the bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/ 

      nt40/hotfixes-postsp3/asp-fix/ folder.

Get Readme.1st (for instructions on downloading and installing the hotfix) 

-or- Use the following full URL on your client browser: 

FTP://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/ 
nt40/hotfixes-postSP3/asp-fix/readme.1st 



NOTE: THIS FIX IS ONLY FOR MICROSOFT ACTIVE SERVER PAGES VERSION 1.0B. 
DO NOT APPLY TO ACTIVE SERVER PAGES VERSIONS 1.0 OR 1.OA. 


REFERENCE 
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For additional information, please see the following article in the 
Microsoft Knowledge Base: 



   ARTICLE-ID: Q150934
   TITLE     : How to Create a Performance Monitor Log for NT
               Troubleshooting

STATUS 
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Active Server Pages 
version 1.0b. A supported fix is now available, but has not been fully 
regression-tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this 
specific problem. Unless you are severely impacted by this specific problem, 
Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Service Pack that contains 
this fix. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for more information. 


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Keywords : indxregistry kberrmsg kbusage
Version : 1.0 3.0
Platform : WinNT
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