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by borginva

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I am running a website on XPSP2, IIS v5.1 (the latest as far as all the updates are concerned). Lately, it keeps going down for some reason. Stopping it and restarting it does nothing. I have to reboot the PC to get the website back up.
Any ideas?

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by bcmathis

it might be that too many users are trying to access the website at once... currently microsoft only allows 10 concurrent connections to an XP box. It would probably be a lot better if you create a linux web server, you can run it on the older boxes and it doesnt cost a thing... Fedora is my choice.

by borginva

Not going to learn Linux to create a webserber, but your answer on those 10 connections let me to my resolution.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q232068

and this info

The IIS included with Windows XP Pro is shipped out of the box with a 10 concurrent connections limit. This can be increased to 40 or so. Just download and install the IIS MetaEdit utility, load it up, and change the LM/W3SVC/MaxConnections entry's data to 40.

So far, it is working.

by w2ktechman

If this was working fine and now it does not, the problem is most likely something running on the system (like spyware/malware), or a bad script on the pages/system. Best bet is to check the event viewer for details, get a list of running processes, and undo any web tweaks/functions that were added recently. Maybe even a system restore to before the problem happened.
It could be anything from a bad device driver, corrupt file, bad script, spyware, or your site was hacked.

by borginva

Sorry, not in this case, and never are viruses or spyware ever an issue for me. I am too protected.

by sgt_shultz

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Windows XP stop responding when connected to the Internet
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Author: Ka Lung Lai MVP
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Article ID : 555059
Last Review : February 18, 2004
Revision : 1.0
SYMPTOMS
Windows XP stop responding when connected to the Internet, After you successfully installed Advanced Networking Pack on Windows XP.
CAUSE
It cause the Advanced Networking Pack included IPv6 Protocol. After the installation, IPv6 protocol and related services were started by default.
RESOLUTION
To solve the problem immediately, Please follow the steps that listed below.

1.Use Administrator account to logon Windows XP. Go to Control Panel, and then open Network Connection. Right Click the network interface card that connected to the internet. Click properties. In the network interface card properties select IPv6 and then press Uninstall to remove IPv6 Protocol on the network interface card. Restart the computer.

2. Use Administrator account to logon Windows XP, Go to Control Panel, and then open Administrative Tools. Open Services. Disable and Stop the IPv6 related services.

by ghimpe--

I also recomand you a Linux box for a server. Debian stable version is my favorite for servers.

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