Internet Information Server Returns Old Content to Browsers (187750)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
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: 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.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/22/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix KB187750 |
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