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Q291992: 100% CPU Occurs When Refreshing Deleted Vdir in MetaEdit 2.0/2.1

Article: Q291992
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 4.0,5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 18-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 
- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use MetaEdit 2.0 or MetaEdit 2.1 to view the properties of a virtual
directory that has been deleted in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), the
following error message occurs twice:

  An unknown error was encountered in a calling function, the error message
  passed was:

  "The following error occurred:"

After the error messages are cleared, MetaEdit consumes 100% of CPU processing
and does not respond to user input; however, you can close it from the Task
Manager.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this problem, use the IIS MetaEdit 2.2 Utility. For additional
information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q232068 How to Download, Install, and Uninstall the IIS MetaEdit 2.2 Utility

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MetaEdit version 2.0 and 2.1 for
IIS.


Additional query words: iis 4 5 bug RK meta edit meta-edit

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis500 kbiis400
Version           : :4.0,5.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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