How-to-reset-iis.html

Introduction:

If sites become available you may need to restart IIS to get them working again. Restarting IIS is a last resort as any users currently connected will be disconnected and any data stored in memory by IIS applications will be lost. You can restart IIS using IIS Manager by right-clicking on the server node:

Please look at below the step by step procedures to stop, start and restart the IIS service.

There are three methods to restart IIS service but we always recommend and prefer 2^nd Method to restart the service from Command line.

To restart IIS services:

1ST METHOD:

1. In IIS Manager, right-click the local computer, point to All Tasks, and then click Restart IIS.

2. In “what do you want IIS to do” à drop-down list, click Restart Internet Services on computer name.

 3. IIS attempts to stop all services before restarting.

 4. Above screen will be disappeared in few seconds and IIS service will be restart.

5. To ensure whether all services are running after the IIS restart à Go to Command Prompt à Type Command IISRESET /STATUS. All IIS dependant service showing in below screen should be on running state.

 02ND METHOD:

Use the /noforce parameter to help prevent data loss in case the IIS services cannot be stopped within the one minute time-out period. If you are certain that it is safe to force IIS to restart, you can omit the /noforce parameter. However, be aware that you could lose data if you do not include this parameter.

IIS attempts to stop all services before restarting. The IISReset command-line utility waits up to one minute for all services to stop if you do not include the /noforce parameter. If the services cannot be stopped within one minute, all IIS services are terminated, and IIS restarts.

Restart IIS from command IISRESET

 OR Restart IIS from command IISRESET /NOFORCRE

 STOP IIS from Command IISRESET /STOP

 START IIS from Command IISRESET /START

 Check the status of IIS dependant services IISRESET /STATUS

 3RD METHOD:

1.       Click Start à RUN à type Services.msc

2.       In the below screen Right Click on “IIS Admin Service” à Click Restart

 3.       You will get the below screen.

4.       Click Yes to Restart all dependant Service.

5.       To ensure whether IIS Admin service and its dependant services are running properly after the restarts, check each service, the status of below services should be showing started.

IIS Admin Service

World Wide Web Publishing Service

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

FTP Publishing Service

HTTP SSL