[AccessD] What is this .md1 That Is Locking My Security File?

On 8 Feb 2005 at 18:31, Mark A Matte wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> I had never heard of an *.md1 before...but I searched my machine and found 
> something in a system folder...the machine is Win2k server with A97 and 
> A2K...the file is iischema-update.MD1 and there is also a 
> iischema-update.MD0 .  The folder is d:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\metaback
> 
> I have no idea what it is or where it came from...but it does look like it 
> was created during a service pack install.
> 

As i said the other day,  one possible source for  a .md1 file is "the 
second sequential Metabase backup created by IIS".  Given the name of the 
folder you found it in,  I'd be fairly sure that was it :-)





-- 
Stuart