Error : IIS Admin Service is disabled?

Question

I am trying to run iisreset on a windows-xp. It's not a domain machine, just a local workgroup we use for testing.

The error I get is : IIS Admin Service is Disabled

Just like "IIS Admin Service is Disabled" Error When IIS Admin Is Running with the difference that that Q is for a domain connected computer. - And it's answer is related on Resyncing the domain account.

What I tried:

uninstall and reinstall IIS, reboot.
change the log-on user for the IIS Admin service - to local administrator rather than system
To note that the service is off course Enabled, and set to Automatic. If I stop it, and start: iisreset - it immediatly starts, but than I get the error message anyway.
I had an issue with the machine clock - fixed.
The following A suggests a Group Policy - Are there group policy on NON-Domain computers? IIS Admin Service is disabled

EDIT:

I tried the suggested: How do I restore the IUSR account used by IIS 6

It did not help.

EDIT:

When I try to restart/stop/start the IIS Admin from services.msc - it works fine. The problem is from CMD trying to run: iisreset

EDIT: Logging using the Administrator account on the machine, gets the same behavior:

IISRESET command, successfully stopping, but fails on starting, with the error: IIS Admin Service is Disabled.

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EDIT: System event error: enter image description here

I need that : http://localhost will work on the PC.

Where else should I check?

have you tried the registry key solution in my answer and, if so, did it work? — ramruma, Sep 20 '12 at 07:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:14

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Have you changed the password for the IUSR account? Even if you haven't, it's probably worth re-syncing it with IIS.

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answered Sep 12 '12 at 13:14

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Tried it, did not help - added to question – Saariko Sep 12 '12 at 13:35

ramruma · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-19T22:47:32.197

The event id 7023 and error message The World Wide Web Publishing Service service terminated with the following error: The parameter is incorrect (shown in your screenshot) lead to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327649 which suggests the port range needs to be increased, and gives details of how to do it by either deleting the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Rpc or changing values underneath it. But before you change anything, remember the usual reason for specifying these values is so you know which ports to allow through firewalls, so remember to make the corresponding network changes.

Error : IIS Admin Service is disabled?

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