Q257547: Event ID 204 in Event Log and ASP Response Is Not Returned

Article: Q257547
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbOSWin2000 kbDSupport kbiis500
Last Modified: 31-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When attempting to access an Active Server Pages (ASP) page on an Internet
Information Services (IIS) 5.0 server, the server does not appear to return a
response to the client's browser.

In addition, the following event is logged in the system event log:

  Event Type: Error
  Event Source: WAM
  Event Category: None
  Event ID: 204
  Date: 10/1/2000
  Time: 2:52:48 PM
  User: N/A
  Computer: MyComputerName
  Description:
  The HTTP server encountered an unhandled exception while processing the ISAPI
  Application ' IISRTL!ALLOC_CACHE_HANDLER::Alloc(void) + 0x7
  ISATQ!_AtqAddAsyncHandle@24 + 0x1C ISATQ!CDirMonitor::Monitor(class
  CDirMonitorEntry *,char const *,int,unsigned long) + 0xA8 asp + 0x879B +
  0xD86A3FBE '.

CAUSE
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If the Microsoft Winsock Proxy Client is installed, the IWAM_computername user
account may not have access permissions to the \Winnt\System32\Wspwsp.dll file.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, give Read permissions to the IWAM_computername account
on the \Winnt\System32\Wspwsp.dll file.

WORKAROUND
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Additional query words: iis 5 win2k iis5.0 204

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Keywords          : kbOSWin2000 kbDSupport kbiis500 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis500
Version           : :5.0
Issue type        : kbprb
Solution Type     : kbpending

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