An access violation occurs in Windows Server 2003 when multiple incoming newsgroup feeds are pushed from the same remote computer

An access violation may occur when you use the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager if the following conditions are true:

• You configure multiple incoming Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP) feeds from the same remote computer.
• You select the Accept a push feed from remote server option for each inbound feed.

This problem typically occurs when you turn on the Accept a push feed from remote server option for multiple inbound NNTP feed identifiers that are pushed from the same computer.

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

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Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement

You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

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Windows Server 2003 32-bit version

Windows Server 2003 64-bit version

To work around this problem, you can use one or both of the following methods:

• Delete the additional incoming NNTP feeds that are from the same computer.
• Combine the additional incoming NNTP feeds from the same remote computer into a single NNTP feed. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
  2. In the IIS Manager console , expand the local computer, and then expand the NNTP virtual server.
  3. In the right-pane of the IIS Manager console, right-click the feed that you want to combine, and then click Properties.
  4. In the Remote Server Name properties dialog box, click the Subscriptions tab, and then click Add.
     
     Remote Server Name is the name of the news feeds that you want to modify.
  5. In the Add newsgroup dialog box, type the name of the newsgroup in the Newsgroup field, and then make sure that the Include option is turned on.
  6. Click OK, and then click OK again.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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