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Q281403: CGI Can’t Load DLL in Directory with Extended ASCII Characters

Article: Q281403
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 4.0,5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbCOMIS kbWin2000sp3fix
Last Modified: 15-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 
- Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
========

When a DLL is in a directory with extended ASCII characters in its name, if a
CGI application in a different directory tries to load the DLL, the following
error message may occur, even if the directory (containing the DLL) name is in
the PATH system environment variable:

  The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of
  HTTP headers. The headers it did return are:

NOTE: This error message can occur for other reasons than the one described in
this article.


RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For
additional information, click the following article number to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or
later:

For Windows 2000:

  Date        Time      Version         Size      File name
  ---------------------------------------------------------
  1/3/2001   05:48p	5.0.2195.3101   357,136	   W3svc.dll

For IIS 4.0:

  Date        Time      Version         Size       File name
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  02/16/2001  09:30a    4.2.760.1       214,544    adsiis.dll
  02/16/2001  09:30a    4.2.760.1       330,672    asp.dll
  02/16/2001  09:29a    4.2.760.1        55,904    httpodbc.dll
  02/16/2001  09:30a    4.2.760.1        98,912    iischema.dll
  02/16/2001  09:28a    4.2.760.1        63,472    iislog.dll
  02/16/2001  09:29a    4.2.760.1       185,792    infocomm.dll
  02/16/2001  09:28a    4.2.760.1        29,520    iscomlog.dll
  02/16/2001  09:30a    4.2.760.1        38,256    ssinc.dll
  02/16/2001  09:30a    4.2.760.1        25,360    sspifilt.dll
  02/16/2001  09:29a    4.2.760.1       229,024    w3svc.dll
  02/16/2001  09:29a    4.2.760.1        88,032    wam.dll


STATUS
======

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Internet Information Services
5.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

Additional query words: kbIISCom

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Keywords          : kbCOMIS kbWin2000sp3fix 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis500 kbiis400
Version           : :4.0,5.0
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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