How do I stop IIS7.5 starting by default?

Question

I am doing a lot of work using the XAMPP stack, but every time I restart my machine, I have to manually stop IIS before I can start Apache.

I can't find a service for IIS to configure not to start automatically. How can I prevent IIS from starting automatically?

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 27 '11 at 05:35

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You have to disable two services:

Go to Services, properties of the above mentioned services, change the start up type to "Disabled"

Enjoy.

answered Oct 27 '11 at 05:35

Noor Khaldi

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If you want to be able to run IIS, setting the start up type to "Manual" – and then use `iisreset` or a service control tool to start when required. – Richard Oct 27 '11 at 07:22
agree with Richard. you can update the type to manual so you still able to start, instead of disabling it. – Rudy Oct 27 '11 at 10:28
Not seeing IISADMIN on Windows 2012 R2 Server – test Jul 21 '17 at 22:02
I had IISADMIN on Windows 2012 R2 Standard, so it should be there. – h2ooooooo Jan 26 '18 at 11:12
On Windows 10 (IIS10) none of them exists – the_nuts Feb 16 '20 at 08:43
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@the_nuts the W3SVC exists on my Windows 10 Pro 21H1 Version....but the IISADMIN not... – Ricardo Bohner Sep 24 '21 at 21:47

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 27 '11 at 05:36

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Look for World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC) in services.

Also you could change the default port into something that does not conflict with Apache?

answered Oct 27 '11 at 05:36

mikkoko

+1 for the port idea. I'll do that when I'm back to using both servers. – ProfK Oct 27 '11 at 10:31
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how to change the port used by IIS – androidnation Mar 30 '16 at 08:58

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 27 '11 at 09:01

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Hit Windowskey-R (or click start -> run).
Type in "services.msc"
Double Click "World Wide Web Publishing Service" to view its properties
On the first tab "General" you'll see a "Startup type" drop down box, set it to "Manual" or "Disabled".

answered Oct 27 '11 at 09:01

Louis Somers

don't forget to also disable the admin service (see Noor's answer) – Kenny Rasschaert Oct 27 '11 at 09:23

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