Re: IIS 5

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From: Jeff Cochran (jeff.nospam_at_zina.com)
Date: 08/06/04 

Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 01:24:58 GMT

On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 12:35:05 -0700, "Glenn C"
<GlennC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have been running IIS 5 on Win2K Server as a stand alone machine.
>Yesterday I uninstalled the lockdown tool as it was causing some issues with
>the urls.
>Now when I try to launch the MMC or Internet Service Manager from the
>program files I receive the error that:
>"Error connecting to server"
>"The system cannot find the path specified"
>"Do you wish to continue to connect to it in the future?"
>
>My WWW is still running and I can browse the pages.
>My FTP is no longer running and cannot find the path when trying to start it
>manually from the command prompt.
>My SUS is running on the same machine and its not working cus IIS mmc will
>not open to server.
>
>Event viewer reports these to errors 116 and 7032.
>"the servicve metabase path '/LM/MSFTPSVC/ could not be opened.
>The data is the error"
>
>... any ideas on where or what to start trying or should I just reinstall
>IIS 5 now and be done with it?

Might restore the metabase from a backup, if you have one.

Jeff