Maximum request length exceeded. in IIS7
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June 18th, 2012 1:38pm

Hello, I have a 64-bit PC with Windows 7 64-bit version. I am using IIS7 to build an intranet. When I try to upload large files to my site, I get the following error: Maximum request length exceeded. When I upload small files (i.e 500K, 1MB) I can upload fine. When I try to upload anything over 10MB I get the error. Here is the contents of my Web.Config file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <configuration> <connectionStrings> <add name="MyShotNow" connectionString="Data Source=GPTS-MSI\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=MyShotNow;User Id=MyShotNow_User;Password=myshotnow;" /> <add name="MyShotNow1" connectionString="Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};Dbq=D:\MyShotNowLocal\App_Data/myshotnow.mdb;User Id=Admin;Password=;" /> <add name="myshotnowConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=GPTS-MSI\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=myshotnow;User Id=MyShotNow_User;Password=myshotnow;" /> <add name="myshotnowConnectionString2" connectionString="Data Source=GPTS-MSI\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=myshotnow;User Id=MyShotNow_User;Password=myshotnow;" /> </connectionStrings> <system.webServer> <security> <requestFiltering> <verbs> <add verb="fff" allowed="true" /> <add verb="POST" allowed="true" /> </verbs> <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="4294967295" /> </requestFiltering> </security> <directoryBrowse enabled="true" /> <defaultDocument enabled="true"> <files> <clear /> <add value="default.aspx" /> </files> </defaultDocument> <modules> <add name="UriCacheModule" /> <add name="FileCacheModule" /> <add name="TokenCacheModule" /> <add name="RequestMonitorModule" /> <add name="ManagedEngineV4.0_32bit" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness32" /> <add name="ManagedEngineV4.0_64bit" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness64" /> </modules> </system.webServer> <location allowOverride="true" path="Default Web Site/Temp"> <system.web> <trust level="Medium" originUrl="" /> <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" /> <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="999999999" executionTimeout="10000000000" /> <pages controlRenderingCompatibilityVersion="3.5" clientIDMode="AutoID" /> </system.web> </location> <system.web> <compilation targetFramework="4.0" debug="true"> <assemblies> <add assembly="System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" /> <add assembly="ADODB, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" /> <add assembly="MSDATASRC, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" /> <add assembly="stdole, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" /> <add assembly="System.Web.DynamicData, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" /> <add assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" /> <add assembly="System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" /> <add assembly="System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" /> <add assembly="System.Core, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" /> <add assembly="System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" /> <add assembly="System.Data.Linq, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" /> <add assembly="System.Data.Entity, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" /> <add assembly="System.Data, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" /> <add assembly="System.Drawing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" /> <add assembly="System.Web.Entity, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" /> <add assembly="System.Xml.Linq, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" /> <add assembly="System.Net, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" /> </assemblies> </compilation> </system.web> </configuration> I have my maxRequestLength set to 999999999 which is quite large. Any idea why I am getting this message? My Firewall is turned off, commpression is turned off as well. Any help is appreciated. John Grace
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June 23rd, 2012 1:30pm

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June 23rd, 2012 1:32pm

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