iis ftp: IIS is a mess -- iis ftp

IIS is a mess

lkinnett NO[at]SPAM gmail.com
4/17/2006 2:02:22 PM

iis ftp: I cannot get IIS to restart. When I got to Computer Management and
click on
Internet Information Services or its + sign I get nothing but an error

after
waiting for several minutes. I have typed "iisreset" into the command
prompt
and I get "The service did respond to the start or control request in
a
timely manner." I have also attempted to go to the IIS Manager with
"inetmgr"
in the command prompt and get nothing at all.

I checked "Add/Remove Programs" and all that's there is IIS URL Scan
containing nothing. I also did a search and got a list of several
components.
I have attempted to reinstall IIS from the disc and ended up deleting
Media
Player and IE Explorer even though I had unchecked them. I then did a
System
Restore to get everything back to a previous condition. HELP! I need
this for my web work!

Re: IIS is a mess

Bernard Cheah [MVP]
4/18/2006 5:41:51 PM

Well, this is specific for FTP discussion group.

Now, try uninstall IIS via
a) uninstall IIS (safe or normal mode)
b) Remove files and folders
%windir%/system32/inetsvr/
/inetpub/
%windir%/iisx.log (x=5 for w2k, 6 for XP, Win03)
(use safe mode to delete)
c) reboot, reinstall IIS, repatch machines

after that - can you start IIS ?
http://localhost work?

if not, any error msgs during installation? event log?

--
Regards,
Bernard Cheah
http://www.iis-resources.com/
http://www.iiswebcastseries.com/
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/

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