DOCUMENT:Q185382 28-APR-1999 [iis] TITLE :How to Manually Stop or Start the Inetinfo Process PRODUCT :Internet Information Server PROD/VER:WINNT:4.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= This article describes the preferred steps to manually stop or start the Inetinfo process in Internet Information Server (IIS) version 4.0. MORE INFORMATION ================ To unload the Inetinfo.exe process completely, and to make sure that all of the extensions are unloaded properly, stop the IISAdmin service and the World Wide Web Publishing Service. When you start the Internet services on your computer, starting the IISAdmin service only starts the IISAdmin service; however, starting the World Wide Web Publishing service starts both the World Wide Web Publishing Service and the IISAdmin service. From the command line, do the following: net start or stop w3svc World Wide Web Publishing Service iisadmin IIS Admin Service msftpsvc FTP Publishing Service cisvc Content Index smtpsvc Microsoft SMTP Service In previous versions of IIS, you can stop the entire Web service by typing "net stop w3svc" (without the quotation marks) at the command line. This terminates all of the Web services on the computer, and shuts down the Inetinfo.exe process. As a result of the new multiple Web site architecture, there is another service, Iisadmin, that keeps running even when W3SVC is shut down. The same is true for starting and stopping services from Control Panel. If you truly want to unload the Inetinfo.exe process, and make sure that all of the extensions are unloaded properly, you should now type "net stop Iisadmin" rather than "net stop w3svc" (both without the quotation marks). Typing "net start w3svc" or "net start Msftpsvc" (without the quotation marks) automatically starts Iisadmin. ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbiisSearch kbiis400 Version : WINNT:4.0 Issue type : kbhowto ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.