Internet Information Server FTP Server Service Fails to Start
Article ID: 143179
Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 1.0
This article was previously published under Q143179
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SYMPTOMS
Microsoft Internet Information Server's (IIS) FTP Server service does not
start after successful installation of IIS on Windows NT 3.51 server. The
Internet Server Manager shows the service in a stopped state.
CAUSE
It is not possible to run more than one FTP Server service on the same
Windows NT server. If the FTP Server service (included with Windows NT
Server) was running during the IIS installation, the FTP Server service in
IIS fails to start.
RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, do one of the following:
- Uninstall the Windows NT 3.51 FTP Server service from Control Panel,
Networks and reboot the server and then start the IIS FTP server service
from Internet Server Manager.
-or-
- Stop the Windows NT 3.51 FTP Server service from Control Panel,
Services. It is best if you change from Automatic to Manual, so that it
will not automatically start when the server is rebooted. Then start the
IIS FTP server service from Internet Server Manager.
For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
142555
: Installing IIS FTP Over Microsoft Windows NT FTP Service
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