Worker process recycling drops application session state

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1

By default, Worker Processes recycle after a preconfigured amount of time. If your ASP applications are not designed to store session state while a worker process is recycled, then session state in that ASP application can be lost. To remedy this problem, you can either store session state in a database or disable worker process recycling.

Procedures

To disable worker process recycling

  1. In IIS Manager, expand the local computer, expand Application Pools, right-click the application pool, and then click Properties.

  2. On the Recycling tab, clear the Recycle worker processes (in minutes) check box.

  3. Click OK.