Memory Leak in Inetinfo.exe When Using the ADs IIS Provider

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SYMPTOMS

There is a memory leak in Inetinfo.exe or Dllhost.exe when you use the ADs Internet Information Services (IIS) provider.

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CAUSE

This problem occurs because the ADs IIS Extension dynamic-link library (Iisext.dll) does not free used memory properly.

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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 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/EN-US/ ) 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
   -----------------------------------------------------
   5/10/2000  3:35:10  5.0.2195.2413  42,768  Iisext.dll

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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. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

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MORE INFORMATION

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 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249149/EN-US/ ) Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0

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kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbwin2000presp2fix KB277632

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