Article ID: 887696
Article Last Modified on 10/15/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0
SYMPTOMS
When you use the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) provider to query the metabase in Internet Information Services 6.0, you experience an application memory leak. The process leaks approximately 100 kilobytes (KB) of memory every time that the metabase is queried.
CAUSE
This issue occurs if the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Server Extensions are installed on the computer.
RESOLUTION
Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
889100 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003
Hotfix information
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.
Restart requirement
You may be prompted to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix. If you are prompted to restart the computer, you must restart the computer to complete the installation of this hotfix.
Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.
File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Itanium architecture
Date Time Version Size File name Platform ------------------------------------------------------------------ 14-Jul-2005 16:47 6.6.3790.2487 253,440 Bitsmgr.dll IA-64 14-Jul-2005 16:47 6.6.3790.2487 88,064 Wbitsmgr.dll x86
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, x64
Date Time Version Size File name -------------------------------------------------------- 14-Jul-2005 16:48 6.6.3790.2487 146,432 Bitsmgr.dll 14-Jul-2005 16:48 6.6.3790.2487 88,064 Wbitsmgr.dll
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, x86
Date Time Version Size File name ------------------------------------------------------ 14-Jul-2005 02:59 6.6.3790.2487 88,064 Bitsmgr.dll
WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, unregister the Bitsmgr.dll file. To unregister the Bitsmgr.dll file, click Start, click Run, type regsvr32 /u %windir%\bitsmgr.dll, and then click OK.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.
MORE INFORMATION
This issue occurs when you use a metabase path that is similar to the following.
IIS://machine_name/w3svc/1/ROOT
This issue does not occur if you use a metabase path that is similar to the following.
IIS://machine_name/w3svc/1
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