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Long upload times to a Web page through Internet Explorer 6

Article ID: 840139 - View products that this article applies to.

SYMPTOMS

It may take longer than expected to upload a large file to a Web site. The upload operation may time out if are trying to upload a very large file.

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CAUSE

This problem may occur if all the following conditions are true:

You have installed the security update that is described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-004.
The Web page that you are uploading the file to uses the SSL protocol, and the URL starts with "https".
The Web page is an active server page or uses scripts to process the uploaded file.

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You may be able to work around this problem by configuring Internet Explorer to increase the Winsock Send buffer size on the client computer. Configure a 64-KB buffer size to work around this problem.
For more information about how to increase the Winsock Send buffer size, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

329781

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329781/ )

HTTP file upload operation takes a long time to complete

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RESOLUTION

Security update MS05-025

To resolve this problem, you can install the cumulative security update MS05-025. The hotfix for this issue was included in the security update. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

883939

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883939/ )

MS05-025: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer

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.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

(http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support)

Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language. The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version        Size     File name
   -------------------------------------------------------
   05-May-2004  11:55  6.0.2800.1425  571,904  Wininet.dll

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