Using a timer in an ASP.NET application is not as simple as it seems. There are three problems that commonly occur: ASP.NET applications shutdown for a number of reasons, and if the timer is not disposed before the AppDomain is unloaded, the timer...

I'd like to briefly explain how ASP.NET uses threads when hosted on IIS 7.5, IIS 7.0 and IIS 6.0, as well as the configuration changes that you can make to alter the defaults. Please take a quick look at the “Threading Explained” section in...