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I know this applies to ASP, but it should apply to all cgi type applications.. Minimize the Session Timeout value. Using the Microsoft Management Console, navigate to the Web sites (virtual servers) under the IIS snap-in.
Right-click Default Web Site, and/or any other Web site(s) where your content exists and select Properties. Select the Home Directory property sheet. Click the Configuration button under the Application Settings section. Click on the App Options property sheet. Set Session Timeout to the minimum amount of time you need to maintain a user's session state.
Maintaining session using the Session object in ASP requires system resources. Imagine that there are 1,000 users connected at any given time. This means that the server needs to allocate resources to maintain the session state for each user. The longer the server needs to maintain the session state, the longer the resources are tied up. Therefore, minimizing the Session Timeout value optimizes the server's resources and improves performance.
- John 
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