FP98: FrontPage Personal Web Server Not Designed for Dedicated Use

ID: Q194229

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you attempt to use the FrontPage Personal Web server for extended use, such as a dedicated intranet Web server that you never reboot, the Web server may leak system resources and eventually fail.

CAUSE

The FrontPage Personal Web Server was not designed to be a dedicated Web server, but rather to provide "proofing" functionality to Web authors who develop and test Webs before publishing them to a production server. Because of this, it does not have the same resource management capability that dedicated server software provides.

RESOLUTION

If you need to have a dedicated server, you should upgrade to the Microsoft Personal Web server or Microsoft Internet Information Server.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about Microsoft Personal Web Server, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194355 FP98: Why Are There Two Versions of the Personal Web Server?

For more information about Microsoft Internet Information Server, please see the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/iis


Keywords          : fppws 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: July 28, 1999