Microsoft KB Archive/291992

= 100% CPU Occurs When You Refresh a Deleted Virtual Directory in MetaEdit 2.0 or 2.1 =

Article ID: 291992

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q291992



We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx



SYMPTOMS
When you use MetaEdit 2.0 or MetaEdit 2.1 to view the properties of a virtual directory that has been deleted in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), the following error message occurs twice:

An unknown error was encountered in a calling function, the error message passed was:

&quot;The following error occurred:&quot;

After the error messages are cleared, MetaEdit consumes 100% of CPU processing and does not respond to user input; however, you can close it from the Task Manager.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, use the IIS MetaEdit 2.2 Utility. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

232068 How to Download, Install, and Uninstall the IIS MetaEdit 2.2 Utility



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in MetaEdit version 2.0 and 2.1 for IIS.

Additional query words: iis 4 5 bug RK meta edit meta-edit

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB291992

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