PRB: HTTP Compression Does Not Work if Request File Name Extension Contains Uppercase Characters (314307)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0

This article was previously published under Q314307

SYMPTOMS

HTTP compression may not work if the file name extension of the request contains uppercase characters.

WORKAROUND

Follow the steps in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article and add all possible combinations of the file name extension with both lowercase and uppercase letters (for example, asp, asP, aSp, aSP, Asp, AsP, ASp, ASP):

234497 How to Specify Additional Document Types for HTTP Compression

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date       Time   Version        Size   File name
   --------------------------------------------------
   14-Jan-02  12:33  5.0.2195.4837  23312  Compfilt.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/23/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB314307