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There are tools such as Microsoft's Sysinternals:-


We also host their support forum on one of our Web Wiz Forums hosting packages at:-


However, a simpler option would be to place Web Wiz Forums in it's own application pool by converting to the directory to an IIS application directory also known as a virtual directory. You can then be sure that nothing else is interfering with the application pool running your forum which can then also be fined tuned for your forums needs.
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Bruce,

Thanks for all your suggestions. However, I'm still struggling with this. Now, I'm getting the expired session within seconds of opening a thread or composing a new PM.

Would you mind putting-together a KB article/FAQ to configure the IIS6 application pool properly? I dug-around in the KB and couldn't find anything specific.

Here's how I have the app pool configured. This is a dedicated pool for the forum:


The SQL 2008 R2 (web) engine is running on the same localhost, so time shouldn't be a problem.

I've tried storing the session data in the DB, and I'm using the default cookie path.

I truly appreciate your assistance.

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Not really done any configuration on IIS 6 for a while but as I recall the Rapid-fail Protection often caused issues and best of disabling it. You should also remove the Memory Recycling.

Make sure you also have Windows 2003 SP2 installed as I recall some issues with Windows 2003 that would cause application pools to crash if there was Access Databases running on the server.
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Isn't the "Memory recycling" section where I set the pool size to 500MB?
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Yes, unless you have a specific reason to use it you should not use Memory Recycling as it can cause the application pool to recycle early. 
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If that's where I'm supposed to set the large memory pool, then how do I do that and not use it at the same time? As-per your suggestion, the application pool memory allocation should be 500MB+ for busy forums. Sorry, but I'm just confused. Wacko
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Virtual memory should be set higher, however if you are not using shared hosting where you are restricted on memory you should not set any memory limits and disable the Memory Recycling altogether.
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I just had my first session expired ever...nothing has changed on my server and there is little to no activity going on and it restarts at 6am every day.

I am wondering if a recent windows update has caused this recent report?
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