Category: IIS

Troubleshooting an IIS Add Roles and Features error

IIS Benjamin Perkins

It is common to install or uninstall Web Server features. You need these features to execute ASP.NET pages, perform logging, authenticate user requests, etc…. Figure 1 shows a sub-set list of features which you may choose to install. Figure 1, Add Roles and Features list, small example Try walking through the ‘Add Roles and Features’ […]

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Recycling a worker process due to deadlock

IIS Benjamin Perkins

There are many reasons why an IIS worker process can hang. For example, a long running SQL query, searching through a Dictionary object, a non-optimal Regex command, hitting the limits of the process model configuration, etc… can all cause performance to slow. Previously, I wrote a blog about using the !dtc command in WinDbg. This […]

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