CGI Application Cannot Load DLL in a Directory with Extended ASCII Characters (281403)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q281403

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:

260910 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.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/23/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbWin2000sp3fix KB281403
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