How to give permissions?

Hi,
I'm setting a new server, and when I try to start IIS services, I got the following message:
"The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion".
It seems to be a permissions problem, even though I'm connected as Administrator.
How should I set the permissions?

Thank you

1. Right click on the directory containing the database or text file.

2. Click on 'Properties'.

3. Choose the 'Security' tab form the dialog box window.

4. Uncheck 'Allow inheritable permissions from parent to propagate to this object', from the bottom of the dialog box.

5. Next, click on the 'Add' button at the top left of the window

6. Next the 'Select Users or Groups' dialog box will open, highlight 'IUSR_MyComputer' account from the list by clicking on it. Where 'MyComputer' is this will be the name of your computer. 'IUSER' is the Internet Guest Account setup by default when IIS is installed on the system.


7. Next click on the 'Add' button in the middle left of the dialog box. You should then see 'MyComputer\IUSER_MyComputer' appear in the box in the bottom half of the dialog box. Again where 'MyComputer' is will be the name of your computer.

9. Now click on the 'OK' button at the bottom right of the 'Select Users or Groups' dialog box.

10. You should now be back at the 'Security Properties' dialog box where the top box should now contain the 'Internet Guest Account (MyComputer\IUSER_MyComputer)'.

11. Highlight the 'Internet Guest Account (MyComputer\IUSER_MyComputer)' by clicking on it in the top box.

12. Select 'Read' and 'Write' permissions for this account by checking the boxes at the bottom of the window (If you are not to worried about security you could check all the boxes to make sure that you have no problems with permissions).

13. Next repeat all the steps above on the database or text file itself, to make sure the database or text file also has the correct permissions.



Hope this helps.

Or try this: HERE

I think the thread here is to do with permissions on starting and stopping a service.

If you're logged in as an Administrator then I find it strange you can't do this.

Without wishing to sound too stereotypical, have you tried turning it off and turning it back on again?

I agree, if you are able to login into that server, you should have permissions to stop and start the IIS.

Sometimes that error is caused by a conflict with a firewall. Try turning off any firewalls for testing and rebooting, or alternatively set IIS to a manual start and reboot, and then restart IIS after the server is fully started up.

I'm so sorry for the late reply!
Actually it wasn't a permission problem: I couldn't start IIS services because other services were disabled: "World Wide Web Publising Service" and "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)"

Now everything works... thanks anyway for your support