An attempt to start/stop instance of service Windows SharePoint Services Web Application on server App1Server did not succeed. Re-run the action via UI or command line on the specified server. Additional information is below. Failed to apply a web.config modification to file 'configuration/system.web/pages'. The specified node "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\51918\web.config" was not found in the web.config file. Web.config has <pages enableSessionState="false" enableViewState="true" enableViewStateMac="true" validateRequest="false" pageParserFilterType="Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationRuntime.SPPageParserFilter, Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" asyncTimeout="7"> <namespaces> <remove namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts" /> </namespaces> <tagMapping> <add tagType="System.Web.UI.WebControls.SqlDataSource, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" mappedTagType="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.SPSqlDataSource, Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" /> </tagMapping> </pages> How to solve this issue?Thank you, Anil

Hi Anil1575, Based on my research, you can try the following steps: 1. Make sure the permissions for that user account ( farm Account ) was intact. 2. Make sure the farm account had proper permission on the directory. 4. Use the out of the box web.config file and replace the same and check the effect. 5. Edit the web.config file and remove the entries related to a custom solution if you have, then check the effect. Hope this is helpful to you. Rock WangRock Wang MSFT