Article ID: 916451 - Last Review: June 14, 2006 - Revision: 1.3

Error message when you browse an .aspx page that requires a compilation of a resource: "The compiler failed with error code 128"

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SYMPTOMS

When you browse an .aspx page and a compilation of a resource is required to service the request, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:

Compilation Error
Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately.

Compiler Error Message: The compiler failed with error code 128.

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CAUSE

This problem occurs when a third-party component is running in the W3wp.exe process that has attached a console to the process. The Vbc.exe compiler process and the Csc.exe compiler process then inherit this console. If the console uses a windowstation that does not contain a desktop named DEFAULT, this may cause the compiler processes, or any other process that is spawned from the W3wp.exe process that depends on the User32.dll file, not to start.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, apply the hotfix in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

839229 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839229/ ) Multiple Web-based programs or Component Object Model-based programs stop responding on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000

Note This hotfix is also included in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

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