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How to configure FastCGI activity timeout for php-cgi.exe, Windows7, x64
"HTTP Error 500.0. The FastCGI process exceeded configured activity timeout."

For the life of me, I can't figure out how to increase the activity timeout beyond the default timeout limit. I can't open the IIS server console, and changes I make to the php.ini file don't seem to change the IIS FastCGI timeout.

I'm running Windows 7, 64-bit, IIS 7.5, MySQL, PHP 5.3.1, MySQL Server 5.1. I've attached a screenshot.

(FWIW, I normally use Apache HTTP Server, but  I couldn't get it to work with PHP an MySQL on this computer--I think because of Windows 7 security settings that I'm unfamiliar with.)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Solution: How to configure FastCGI activity timeout for php-cgi.exe, Windows7, x64

Ah that might be only for iis6.

If you can open the IIS console, you should be able to set it under the FastCGI icon under the features view.

Otherwise, you can change this in the applicationHost.config file.  This is under C:\windows\system32\inetsrv\config folder.

Do a search for fastcgi, and you should see the activityTimeout value under that section.  Give the server an IIRESET after making changes!
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