Microsoft KB Archive/164980

= IIS Memory Leak When Using IDC and Microsoft Access =

Article ID: 164980

Article Last Modified on 6/22/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 1.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 2.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0

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This article was previously published under Q164980



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 Internet Information Server (IIS) to connect to a Microsoft Access database, a slow memory leak may occur over a long period of time. This memory leak depends on how heavily the server is used and how often the database is queried. It is confirmed that this memory leak happens regardless of the query used.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Internet Information Server versions 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0. This problem has been fixed in Internet Information Server versions 4.0



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, stop the WWW service periodically. You can do this manually or by using a batch file to run the following commands:

  net stop w3svc net start w3svc

Additional query words: execute

Keywords: kbbug KB164980

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