Err Msg: The RPC Server Is Unavailable

ID: Q224371

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When you are using Internet Services Manager and you refresh the MMC interface, the following error message may occur:

The RPC Server is Unavailable

CAUSE

This error is usually caused by the IISADMIN service being stopped.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, make sure that this IISADMIN service is running. To do this, perform the following steps:

Open a command prompt (Cmd.exe).

At the prompt, type net start iisadmin

Press Enter.

Note: The IISADMIN service should restart once you click OK on the message box. This means that you may receive the message "The IISADMIN service has already been started" when performing the steps above.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Information Services version 5.0.

Keywords :
Version : winnt:5.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug