fmilano

Maybe you can update your Flash BIOS (I had exactly the same problem with a PENTIUM I and I solved it in that way). Check your BIOS manufacturer's site and look for updates for your bios model (when you boot, take note of the version number and model). Read carefully the instructions befored flashing your BIOS, it's a risky task for your PC. Good luck, Federico

Hi, I'm administering this application (written in C++ with ATL) running under IIS 5. Sometimes (the provider doesn't yet know why), it throws an unmanaged exception. So Windows "kills" the process...well, watching the corresponding DLLHOST process with the Process Explorer, Windows unloads every dll loaded in the DLLHOST process, but it leaves the process "alive" with this files: Unicode.nls Locale.nls Sortkey.nls Sorttbls.nls Ctype.nls R000000000967.clb The problem is that I've to kill the process with Task Manager, because even if I take the site down, IIS doesn't wipe this process. And what is the worst: IIS keeps receiving connections for this process, so if I didn't realize that the application was hung, connections keep increasing and lowering the server performance. I would appreciate a hint about why Windows doesn't completely clean this DLLHOST process after the unmanaged exception. Thanks, Federico