[WEB4LIB] Help with ASP hanging

[Nikos Kourkoumelis]

Hi Larry,
weird problem you 've got there but it reminds a similar one I had some
months ago... Although I don't know a definite answer I would try to help...
Consider these:
1) Select the virtual directory which causes asp troubles and give full
permissions to everyone. Check now... If now it's ok start tightening the
criteria.
2) Is there any access (mdb) file around? Do not try to edit this file
directly into the (virtual) path. Instead edit it outside and then copy it
giving appropriate permissions.
3) Check these articles:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q278712
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307806 (not very
helpful)

4) Did you install ZoneAlarm? http://www.iisfaq.com/Articles/335/
5) Make sure that no other services run at port 80. Just change the port of
the web server and see what is happening...

Hope this is of help...

Dr. N.Kourkoumelis
System Admin
University of Ioannina -Library
Greece




----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Schankman" <lschankm at mnsfld.edu>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 04:10 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Help with ASP hanging


> Greetings,
>
> Any IIS 5/ASP gurus out there who can solve a mystery? I've been running
ASP
> applications on a Win2k/IIS 5 server for about a year and a half and ASP
has
> been a comfort and joy for me. But all of a sudden, the Win2k ASP service
is
> hanging (or failing, I'm not sure which) 3-4 times a day. The server
itself
> is fine, as are regular HTML pages. Only the ASP service fails, which
> requires a re-boot (until the next hang a few hours later).
>
> When ASP hangs I can't restart IIS either, as I get the error "Could not
> stop the IIS Admin Service" and an Error 1053 "The service did not respond
> to the start or control request." I've checked permissions and even
> re-synched the IUSER password with Microsoft's synciwam script. And event
> log shows no suspicious behavior.
>
> I've checked many of the ASP message boards, and though others have
reported
> the same behavior, I've yet to find a solution. This is driving me crazy.
> Any ideas of what I should look at, and why this would just suddenly
start?
> The only thing that has changed since the problem began was a power
failure
> over the weekend and a recent Microsoft security update (could that have
> caused this?).
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Larry Schankman
> Remote Services Librarian
> North Hall Library
> Mansfield University
> Mansfield, PA 16933
> 570-662-4684
> lschankm at mnsfld.edu
>
>
>