>>>I have a Windows 2003 Server that has a couple of problems....
>>>
>>>1) When I hit ctrl_alt_del to login, when it gets to "applying computer settings..." - it sits there for..ummm..serveral hours before it gets passed it.
>>>
>>>2) Once it finally does get me logged in... the IIS Admin service is hosed. It says "stopping", so the start and stop buttons are both disabled - and that's the way it stays. So no web, ftp, etc...
>>>
>>>3) These bozo's never backed it up.
>>>
>>>
>>>Does ANYONE have ANY ideas?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>
>>The first place to check is in the event log.
>>May be you can see what is the problem right there.
>
>Ok....
>I've gotten past the "applying computer settings...." problem .....
>..but I still cant get the IIS Admin Service to start. It says this in the errorlog:
>
>"The IIS Admin Service service terminated with service-specific error 2149648394 (0x8021080A)"....
>
>..and of course I find zero support on that error code. Does anyone have any ideas?


metabase.xml corruption?

Do you have many sites on this server?