Starting and Stopping Sites

By default, sites start automatically when your computer restarts. Stopping a site stops Internet services and unloads Internet services from your computer's memory. Pausing a site prevents Internet services from accepting new connections but does not affect requests that are already being processed. Starting a site will restart or resume Internet services.

To start, stop, or pause a site

In the Internet Information Services snap-in, select the site you want to start, stop, or pause.
Click the Start, Stop, or Pause button on the toolbar.

Note If a site stops unexpectedly, the Internet Information Services snap-in may not correctly indicate the state of the server. Before restarting, click Stop, and then click Start to restart the site.

Related Topics

For information on restarting all of your Internet services, see Restarting IIS.
To quickly establish a site that uses the default settings, see Quick Site Setup with IIS.
To change properties on existing Web or FTP sites, see Changing the Inherited Defaults.
To perform common tasks from command-line scripts, see Administration Scripts.