Error message when a Web browser sends a request for an active server page to a Web server that is running IIS 6.0: "Response buffer limit exceeded" Response object error 'ASP 0251 : 80004005' Response Buffer Limit Exceeded /PageName.asp, line LineNumber CAUSE This issue occurs because of a change in behavior that was introduced in IIS 6.0 and added to IIS 5.0. These versions of IIS enforce a default ASP response buffer limit of 4 MB. This limit prevents large ASP responses from adversely affecting the IIS process that hosts the Web application. If an ASP request generates a response that is larger than the configured buffer limit, you experience the symptoms that are mentioned in the "Symptoms" section. Method 4: Increase the buffer limit You can increase the buffering limit if one of the following conditions is true: • The client is not a Web browser. • You cannot redesign the application to take advantage of a paging technology, such as the GridView class...