Re: IIS does not start
From: David Wang [Msft] (someone_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/29/04
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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:40:46 -0700
Unfortunately, I have no other suggestions. Something is preventing you
from having a clean installation of IIS, and in particular, your metabase
keeps getting corrupted. Seems like something else on your machine is
intentionally doing this...
-- //David IIS This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. // "Norbert" <Norbert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:60D12FF8-99D4-49FE-8C05-53E2FE8E2EBC@microsoft.com... I already TRIED this!! (Uninstalled IIS from Add/Remove Programs wizard, removed all from %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\inetsrv). Additionally, I deleted all keys within the windows registry containing anything like "IIS", I deleted all similar files within the windows installation dir, but nothing helps. I re-installed SP4 after removing IIS (with IIS installed, installation of SP4 fails, I suppose because of the IIS start problems), but the problem persists. !!??!!! "David Wang [Msft]" wrote: > Sounds like metabase corruption -- something deleted or corrupted the > configuration data of IIS. Since you have no configuration backup, nor do > you care about anything existing on IIS, I recommend you blow away the > existing IIS installation and start over. > > You can reinstall IIS if you: > 1. Uninstall IIS from Add/Remove Programs wizard > 2. Make sure to delete every single file inside of > %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\inetsrv. In particular, make sure that the > metabase.bin file is completely removed since that's what's > missing/corrupted > 3. Reboot the server > 4. Reinstall IIS. Make a backup of the new metabase.bin > > Don't skip any steps, and it should get you a clean reinstall of IIS that > should work. > > In the future, if you find IIS configuration corrupted again, you can just > copy over the backup you made in step #4 and start fresh again, without > reinstalling. Or, if you're clever, you can make a backup of metabase.bin > after you've made all your IIS configuration so that you have a copy of a > running server. Make sure to NET STOP /y IISADMIN prior to making the > backup (the IISADMIN service keeps a handle open to metabase.bin, so when > you try to backup or restore the metabase, always stop that service to make > sure that metabase.bin is in a correct state). > > -- > //David > IIS > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > // > "Norbert" <Norbert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:A89EF71E-A405-4644-AC11-9F78F4561698@microsoft.com... > Hi and thanks > > the service was not in use for some time and many changes have been made to > the system meanwhile. > > I have cleaned the event log and tried to start the w3svc service in a DOS > window. After that the event log contains the error message "The metabase > path "/LM/W3SVC/" could not be opened. The data contains the error > information. > You will find additional information on the Microsoft-Onlinesupportsite: > http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp." (Translated from German error > messages). > > On the system no path "\LM\..." exists. How can I re-configure IIS? - I have > no backups and no newer websites existed on this server, another one was in > use during a longer period of time. Thus, a complete re-installion would not > be a problem as long as the service will run! > > Best regards > > Norbert > > "Jeff Cochran" wrote: > > > On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:07:02 -0700, "Norbert" > > <Norbert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > >on my windows 2k system w3svc cannot be started any longer. > > > > > >It always says "The service could not be startet". Starting the IIS > Managenment console yields "The system cannot find the specified path". "Do > you wish to continue trying to establish the connection?" (Translated from > German error messages). > > > > > >I have re-installed IIS and related services countless times, but nothing > helps. > > > > > >Has anyone an idea how to fix that problem ?? > > > > Any event viewer entries? Changes made between when it worked and > > when it didn't? > > > > Jeff > > > > >
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