xmlrpc.php 500 internal server error

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  I have been using Windows Live Writer to update my Wordpress site for many years.

  Recently, I started to get xmlrpc.php 500 internal server errors when uploading pictures with Live Writer.

  I am also unable to retrieve recent posts for the site.

  I tried using Microsoft Word 2007 and it posted a picture post without errors.

  Windows Live Writer version: 2011 (Build 15.4.3508.1109)

  Wordpress version: 3.1.3 (did not work with 3.1.2 either)

  Here's excerpt from the Live Writer log with xxxx censored information:

  WindowsLiveWriter,1.7676,None,00192,13-May-2011 22:06:53.187,"Creating a writable ribbon istream for C:\Users\xxxxxx\AppData\Roaming\Windows Live Writer\Ribbon.dat",""
  WindowsLiveWriter,1.7676,None,00193,13-May-2011 22:06:58.428,"XML-RPC request:
  http://xxxxxx/xmlrpc.php
  <?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8""?>
  <methodCall>
   <methodName>metaWeblog.newMediaObject</methodName>
   <params>
    <param>
     <value>
      <string>1</string>
     </value>
    </param>
    <param>
     <value>
      <string>admin</string>
     </value>
    </param>
    <param>
     <value>[removed]</value>
    </param>
    <param>
     <value>
      <struct>
       <member>
        <name>name</name>
        <value>
         <string>sitting.png</string>
        </value>
       </member>
       <member>
        <name>type</name>
        <value>
         <string>image/png</string>
        </value>
       </member>
       <member>
        <name>bits</name>
        <value>
         <base64>[98498 bytes]</base64>
        </value>
       </member>
      </struct>
     </value>
    </param>
   </params>
  </methodCall>",""
  WindowsLiveWriter,1.7676,None,00194,13-May-2011 22:06:58.429,"== BEGIN WebException =====================",""
  WindowsLiveWriter,1.7676,None,00195,13-May-2011 22:06:58.429,"Status: ProtocolError",""
  WindowsLiveWriter,1.7676,None,00196,13-May-2011 22:06:58.429,"System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error.
     at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
     at WindowsLive.Writer.CoreServices.HttpRequestHelper.SendRequest(String requestUri, HttpRequestFilter filter)
     at WindowsLive.Writer.CoreServices.XmlRpcClient.CallMethod(String methodName, XmlRpcValue[] parameters)
     at WindowsLive.Writer.BlogClient.Clients.XmlRpcBlogClient.CallMethod(String methodName, XmlRpcValue[] parameters)",""
  WindowsLiveWriter,1.7676,None,00197,13-May-2011 22:06:58.429,"HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
  Connection: close

   

  Does anyone know how to fix this ?

   

  Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:54 AM