Microsoft KB Archive/187750

= Internet Information Server Returns Old Content to Browsers =

Article ID: 187750

Article Last Modified on 9/22/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q187750



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
Internet Information Server version 4.0 (IIS) may not refresh updated HTML pages or text files. The old content is returned, even if the file has been modified on the IIS server. This may happen on a heavily loaded IIS server with repeated hits to the content, which is frequently updated.



CAUSE
IIS fails to update its cache properly.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT version 4.0. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

152734 : How To Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Information Server version 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbhotfixserver KB187750

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