W3SVC service stops automatically

Question

_{Monday, August 22, 2011 7:02 AM}

Windows 7 64 bit, Visual Studio 2010 C#, Sharepoint 2010

Hi,

I understand that running sharepoint on the system requires the W3SVC service running on the system. However, I find that I have to constantly go into the services and start the service. Its default state seems to be "disabled". How can I ensure that the service is always running so as to save me the pain of starting the service each time?

Thanks.

All replies (6)

_{Monday, August 22, 2011 7:46 AM}

I assume when you start the service you setit up to run automatically

Please check the system event logs to diagnose the cause of the issue.

Amrita Talreja

_{Monday, August 22, 2011 7:56 AM}

Start > run > services.msc access to that Service "W3SVC" and right click on service and select properties, on "Startup Type" select automatic select start and then "apply" this will start automatic when you restart your computer...André Lage Microsoft SharePoint, CRM and Sybase Consultant
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_{Monday, August 22, 2011 8:25 AM}

I have done this a number of times. However, everytime I reboot, I find the value to be "disabled". I am able to change it to automatic and start the service as well. But it does not stay that way.

_{Monday, August 22, 2011 1:52 PM}

It sounds like there is something which is disabling the WWW Publishing
service.  To check:

1. Change WWW to Manual/Automatic again
2. Start the WWW Service and check if IIS is working.
3. Reboot

If in #2, IIS runs, then the problem is that something is intentionally
disabling IIS on reboots... probably group policy or some other similar
automation.

Do you see any error in event logs (application or system)

Amrita Talreja

_{Monday, August 22, 2011 7:48 PM}

I dont see anything wrong in the event logs. But yes. There is a possibility of it being stopped cause of the group policy.

However - heres a question : I find that if the service is left idle for sometime... that is, I dont access any data in sharepoint, the service automatically changes to "Disabled" and needs to be be restarted again. Could this be due to the group policy too?

_{Thursday, January 10, 2013 1:01 PM}

I have been experiencing the same behaviour for some time, since upgrading to Windows 7 it seems.  Changing the start up setting to Automatic does not fix it.  I have to manually start the service each time I reboot/come out of hibernation.

Any ideas?