How do I prevent IIS from compiling website?

Question

I have an ASP .NET web application which on the backend is talking to an ASMX web service. We have counted and the average wait time for the initial request is 20s. I am wonderi

Answer 1

Have you tried using aspnet_compiler in the framework folder (e.g. %SYSTEMROOT%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727)?

You can control ASP.NET recycling via the settings on the Application Pool. If it is recycling more often than the settings then something else is causing that (e.g. changes to the web.config etc.)