IIS 5 just stopped working......for no reason..........PLEASE HELP!

pg22

Platinum Member
Feb 9, 2000
2,644
0
76
Picture of st00pid error

That is the annoying prompt I get every time I to get to the IIS 5 screen. I have NO idea what happened....it was working one day..and the next.......this :(

I even tried un-installing and then re-installing IIS but to no avail. Please, if anyone can help......please do so!!!

Thanks,

pg19
 
 

KB

Diamond Member
Nov 8, 1999
5,406
389
126
Go here:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q239/0/46.ASP

Err Msg: Error Connecting to <Server>, Unexpected Error 0x80074002

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


SYMPTOMS
When you administer an Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 Web server using the IIS snap-in (through the Internet Services Manager or other method), the following error message may occur:

Error Connecting to server, unexpected error 0x80074002 occurred
Do you wish to continue to attempt to connect in the future?
Where server is the name of the local computer.



CAUSE
This error can be occur when the metabase has become corrupted. The metabase stores settings used in Internet Information Services.