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Q189876: FP: FrontPage Personal Web Server Not Designed for Dedicated Use

Article: Q189876
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusagekbfaq
Last Modified: 01-OCT-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack 
- Microsoft FrontPage for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1 
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For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see Q194229.

SYMPTOMS
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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
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The FrontPage Personal Web Server was designed not 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
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For additional information about Microsoft Personal Web Server, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q161150 FP97: Microsoft Personal Web Server vs. FP 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

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbusage kbfaq
Technology        : kbFrontPageSearch kbFrontPage1xSearch kbFrontPage97Search kbZNotKeyword3 kbFrontPage100 kbFrontPage110
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,97
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbinfo

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