Windows Media Services: Query String Is Not Logged When You Connect Through HTTP (281131)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Media Services 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows Media Services 4.1
This article was previously published under Q281131

SYMPTOMS

When a user requests a stream by using HTTP, the query string at the end of the URL is not logged properly. Many users must connect using HTTP because they are connecting from behind a firewall. When a user requests a UDP or TCP, the query string is logged properly.

CAUSE

The URL field (cs-uri-stem) in the log data for the HTTP protocol comes from a client HTTP POST. This POST does not include the query string at the end of the URL.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem immediately, download the fix by clicking the download link later in this article or contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

DownloadDownload Wmsaddin.exe now

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

With this fix installed, Nsum.exe retrieves the query string from the URL that is used to open the content. The query string is inserted into the log data when you set the LogQueryInClientURL registry parameter.

This fix supercedes all other fixes to Nsum.exe prior to version 8.0.0.3922 for Windows 2000 and 4.1.0.3859 for Windows NT 4.0.

For additional information on how to set the LogQueryInClientURL registry parameter to enable logging the query string, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

275324 Windows Media Server Does Not Log Query String in Log File

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/23/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbdownload kbdownload kbprb kbQFE KB281131
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