IIS Manager - Appears Blank (IIS 6.0 - Windows Server 2003)

Once in a while when I open IIS Manager (MMC) - it takes a while to open and
then it opens and it is blank. There is no information in there. If I try to
connect, it says the "The path specified cannot be used at this time".

If I reboot the server then it comes up fine with all the information in it
(sites, etc).

Can somebody shed some light on why this is happening on how can I get this
fixed? I don't want to ignore this issue and just make it work by restarting
the server.

Appreciate any help!

Thanks
WD

Re: IIS Manager - Appears Blank (IIS 6.0 - Windows Server 2003)

When the IIS Manager opens and appears to be blank, is IIS and dependant
services running? (check IISAdmin, World Wide Web Publishing Service).

Anything relevant in the Windows Event Logs?

Cheers
Ken

"WD" wrote in message
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> Once in a while when I open IIS Manager (MMC) - it takes a while to open
> and
> then it opens and it is blank. There is no information in there. If I try
> to
> connect, it says the "The path specified cannot be used at this time".
>
> If I reboot the server then it comes up fine with all the information in
> it
> (sites, etc).
>
> Can somebody shed some light on why this is happening on how can I get
> this
> fixed? I don't want to ignore this issue and just make it work by
> restarting
> the server.
>
> Appreciate any help!
>
> Thanks
> WD

Re: IIS Manager - Appears Blank (IIS 6.0 - Windows Server 2003)

On Aug 3, 2:22 pm, WD wrote:
> Once in a while when I open IIS Manager (MMC) - it takes a while to open and
> then it opens and it is blank. There is no information in there. If I try to
> connect, it says the "The path specified cannot be used at this time".
>
> If I reboot the server then it comes up fine with all the information in it
> (sites, etc).
>
> Can somebody shed some light on why this is happening on how can I get this
> fixed? I don't want to ignore this issue and just make it work by restarting
> the server.
>
> Appreciate any help!
>
> Thanks
> WD


Sounds like something is crashing the IISADMIN service, inetinfo.exe.
You should see EventLog entries in both the Application and System
logs to that effect. You will want to determine what you are running
on the computer that causes it to crash -- try using a tool like IIS
State or DebugDiag to determine the cause.


//David
http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
//

Re: IIS Manager - Appears Blank (IIS 6.0 - Windows Server 2003)

Hi Ken,

Thanks for the reply.

Yes both the services (IISAdmin and World Wide Web Publishing) are running
but IIS Manager appears blank.

Haven't found anything interest in the windows log file yet.

Thanks
WD

"Ken Schaefer" wrote:

> When the IIS Manager opens and appears to be blank, is IIS and dependant
> services running? (check IISAdmin, World Wide Web Publishing Service).
>
> Anything relevant in the Windows Event Logs?
>
> Cheers
> Ken
>
> "WD" wrote in message
> news:09AC2587-97F5-44C7-8372-95AEB73BAA83@microsoft.com...
> > Once in a while when I open IIS Manager (MMC) - it takes a while to open
> > and
> > then it opens and it is blank. There is no information in there. If I try
> > to
> > connect, it says the "The path specified cannot be used at this time".
> >
> > If I reboot the server then it comes up fine with all the information in
> > it
> > (sites, etc).
> >
> > Can somebody shed some light on why this is happening on how can I get
> > this
> > fixed? I don't want to ignore this issue and just make it work by
> > restarting
> > the server.
> >
> > Appreciate any help!
> >
> > Thanks
> > WD
>
>

Re: IIS Manager - Appears Blank (IIS 6.0 - Windows Server 2003)

Hi David,

Thanks for your inputs. Haven't found anything interesting in the logs yet.

I will try the tools you suggested to debug this further.

THanks
Waheed

"David Wang" wrote:


> Sounds like something is crashing the IISADMIN service, inetinfo.exe.
> You should see EventLog entries in both the Application and System
> logs to that effect. You will want to determine what you are running
> on the computer that causes it to crash -- try using a tool like IIS
> State or DebugDiag to determine the cause.
>
>
> //David
> http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
> http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
> //
>
>

Re: IIS Manager - Appears Blank (IIS 6.0 - Windows Server 2003)

try registering inetmgr.dll... it might help

Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
regsvr32 C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\inetmgr.dll

Regards
Roopesh

"WD" wrote in message
news:C353D5BC-BC1A-4471-A561-0DF9925D4905@microsoft.com...
> Hi David,
>
> Thanks for your inputs. Haven't found anything interesting in the logs
> yet.
>
> I will try the tools you suggested to debug this further.
>
> THanks
> Waheed
>
> "David Wang" wrote:
>
>
>> Sounds like something is crashing the IISADMIN service, inetinfo.exe.
>> You should see EventLog entries in both the Application and System
>> logs to that effect. You will want to determine what you are running
>> on the computer that causes it to crash -- try using a tool like IIS
>> State or DebugDiag to determine the cause.
>>
>>
>> //David
>> http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
>> //
>>
>>