I have installled the forum system on a hosted IIS site and it has been runing for several weeks.  Just recently I started getting Server application errors (three instances).  My service provider basicaly just restarted IIS on the server and hoped the problem would be fixed.  Obviously that is not working.   Failure is while tring to access default.asp to open the forum session.  After the restart the site will run for a couple more days and then the problem comes back. 

Anyone have any informatin on why this would be occurring?

Internet Explorer error message below

Server Application Error

See here:
http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=4715&PN=2 - http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=4715&PN=2

The default.asp script is the unmodified script that ships with Web Wiz Forums.  It does run correctly except when this error occurrs.  Restarting IIS is the short term fix, but totally unacceptable since the usual way I hear it is down is from someone trying to connect to the forum.

I will get after the service provider.  I agree that IIS is fairly stable but I have managed to hang it a few times on other  inhouse web sites.  Always something I did though.

MC

This type of error is a server error not a problem with the forum software.

It could be problems with database drivers and they are coursing IIS to crash when getting data from a database.

A few people have suddenly started posting about this error so it sounds likely that some update Microsoft has released is coursing IIS to be unstable when using applications that talk to databases.

-boRg- wrote: This type of error is a server error not a problem with the forum software. It could be problems with database drivers and they are coursing IIS to crash when getting data from a database.

For the record, I'm running Windows 2000 Server with updates up to date. The forums use Access. On the same server I have sites which access several SQL servers and process over 10,000 searches a day. The error is only caused by the Forums website. For these reasons, I believe there's something forum-specific about this error, though it could be that the forums make calls my other sites don't make, revealing an MS issue.

FYI, I've just installed the RPC Denial of Service patch this morning, and the forums have been up since then...we'll see if that fixes it.

I will ask what has changed on the server side.  In the mean time I am back up w/o any explination from my ISP.  However, when I click the link to the forum I now get a new error:

script error.

Line:49

Char:17

Error: "report" is  undefined

Code: 0

Do you want to continue?  Y/N

By entering "Y" to continue the forum scripst all  seem to run ok.

Go figure.

MC

mclark wrote: I will ask what has changed on the server side.  In the mean time I am back up w/o any explination from my ISP.  However, when I click the link to the forum I now get a new error: script error. Line:49 Char:17 Error: "report" is  undefined Code: 0 Do you want to continue?  Y/N By entering "Y" to continue the forum scripst all  seem to run ok. Go figure. MC

The only thing I can think of is did they move your forums to a different server / directory? I'm wondering if "report" is defined in an include that got left out of the move...do a text search for "report" in those directories, perhaps you'll figure it out (I'd look, but I have a lot on my plate right now).

Further update: since installing the DOS patch (see link above to other thread), I've been up for over 24 hours, which is better than I'd managed before....could be fixed? We'll hope.

cam_mcvey wrote: I installed the RPC denial of service patch 2 days ago and everything is peachy since. I'd suggest that is the cure for this error message.

No it isn't.

There appears to be a lot of people experiencing this trouble now, I never had anything like this till I updated my forum to the 7.1v. My server logs indicate there have been between 16 and 20 people on the site every time it crashes in this way.(11 times in 3 weeks).

The answers so far have been entirely unacceptable about this problem, there is obviously a problem somewhere along the line, maybe when those who have paid for it start complaining we might start getting some decent answers.

Thanks,

I will pass this info to my IPS.

My system has entered this state with a lot fewer people logged on.

MC

MC

Hurdygurdy wrote: cam_mcvey wrote: I installed the RPC denial of service patch 2 days ago and everything is peachy since. I'd suggest that is the cure for this error message.   No it isn't.   There appears to be a lot of people experiencing this trouble now, I never had anything like this till I updated my forum to the 7.1v. My server logs indicate there have been between 16 and 20 people on the site every time it crashes in this way.(11 times in 3 weeks). The answers so far have been entirely unacceptable about this problem, there is obviously a problem somewhere along the line, maybe when those who have paid for it start complaining we might start getting some decent answers.

The forum software comes with no support, due to the fact that there is only one of me trying to run the entire site, anwser 300 emails aday, and write updates and new software for you lot!! so I don't appriciate you demanding anwsers form me.

As far as I can tell, this error has only started poping up in the last week. As the version available at present has not changed for quite a few months I would guess that it must be due to some update with IIS.

As my knowledge of IIS is very limited, I just intsall it and leave it in it's default settings, I don't know how to fix it. Also never having this error myself there is no way for me to test for it and try and find a solution.

So as this is free software and I already do all the hard work for you lot giving this software to you for free it would be nice for once if someone else got off there lazy arse and stopped demanding everything done for them for free and maybe actually helped find a solution to this problem.

But by demanding I should do somthing about this just makes me want to pull the plug on the whole thing, then no one will have any of my software and I'll just keep it for myself and have a much easier life.

Have a look at the following post on this error, it looks like it is some problem with a patch microsoft have released which is coursing this error:-

http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=4715 - http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=4715

Have a look at this guys:

http://www.psoft.net/misc/win_rpc_security_fix.html - http://www.psoft.net/misc/win_rpc_security_fix.html

It fixed everything on a hosting server that was RPC hacked.

cam_mcvey wrote: I installed the RPC denial of service patch 2 days ago and everything is peachy since. I'd suggest that is the cure for this error message.

Where i can get the RPC denial? since i'm having the same problem.

By the way i don't believe that this is because of the forum files.... it's something that relates to windowsxp update.

Why those who find this error don't try to enter to the control panel in their PC... then try to uninstall all windows updates (i'm talking here about XP).. then try to uninstall the IIS... then OPEN the drive where you installed the windowsxp... then open windows directory.. then open system32 directory.. then open "inetsrv" directory... delete every thing in this directory.. then reboot your PC..... now, reinstall the IIS.. and every thing would be ok...