FIX: The FastCGI module does not work if you are using the HWC functionality of IIS 7.0 and the process that hosts the HWC is part of a Windows job object

Consider the following scenario:

• In an application, you are using the Hostable Web Core (HWC) functionality of Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 to load the IIS core.
• This application uses the FastCGI module to host non-ASP.NET applications such as PHP, Ruby, Perl, and Python applications.
• The process that hosts the application that is running HWC is part of a Microsoft Windows job object.

In this scenario, the FastCGI module does not work. Therefore, the non-ASP.NET applications do not run as expected.

This problem occurs because the FastCGI module keeps child FastCGI processes in job objects. This design makes sure that all the child FastCGI processes are terminated when a worker process ends. However, job objects cannot be nested in Windows. Therefore, if the application that is using HWC is part of a job object, the FastCGI module functionality will not work when you try to run the FastCGI module inside the application.

Download information

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB967131)

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Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB967131)

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Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB967131)

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Update for Windows Vista (KB967131)

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Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB967131)

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Prerequisites

You must have IIS 7.0 installed to apply this update.

Restart requirement

You must restart the IIS Admin service after you apply this update.

Hotfix replacement information

This update does not replace any other update.

File information

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IIS 7.0, x86

IIS 7.0, x64

IIS 7.0, IA-64

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

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