Restart Central Administration Service
Hi, a bad man has stopped "Central Administration Service" on Operations -> Services on Server. How can Central Administration Service be restarted? Cannot go to Central Admin, when the service is not running :-) Best regards TST
February 15th, 2007 11:02pm

This happened to me right after I installed Microsoft's GroupBoard. I had to go into Services > Windows SharePoint Services Administration > Properties > Log On and re-enter the account and password. After I entered the correct credentials, I restarted IIS.
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February 16th, 2007 12:02am

unfortunately, this did not solve the issue. The "Central Admin" Service was stopped at Central Admin -> Operations -> Services on server To start again, one had to go in Central admin, which is not possible. Is there any way, to get to central admin again?
February 16th, 2007 10:21am

By "Central Admin" service , do you mean "Windows SharePoint Services Web Application" service (there is no Central Admin service)? Even if you stop that service the central admin application still works, so there mustbe something else going on. If you look in IIS do you have a web site called "SharePoint Central Administration v3", make sure that is started. What happens when you right click on the web site and say "browse"?
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February 17th, 2007 8:47am

i'm going to have to agree with Sirk on this one. more than likely you need to go in check the identity of the application pool that is running central admin - last i checked it was network service.
February 17th, 2007 7:24pm

Sirk, no. You can find the service "Central Admin" in Central Administration -> Operations -> Services on server. Select the server, that hosts the Central Admin Page. There is a service called "Central Admin". This was stopped. In IIS the Central Administration v3 Site is available and started. Best regards, TST
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February 18th, 2007 9:51pm

I see it now. You have to select the "Custom" role to see it. When I stop mine, it removes the "Central Administration v3 Site" from IIS. In order to get it back, I had to re-run "SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard" (from the start menu). I told it to "Do not disconnect from this server farm" so I wouldn't lose all of my settings. (all of my web applications and settings were retained (portal, SSP etc.) If you want to clean up the "old" Central Admin site you can delete it from IIS and also clean up the folder it is using (usually under C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories). Do a properties of the web site and on the Home Directory tab look in the Local Path text box to see what folder to delete.
February 19th, 2007 1:38am

Did anyone figure this out? I did the exact same thing tst did. It was an idiotic mistake, but I can't figure out how to get back into Central Admin. The GUI is unavailable and I have searched the web for some command line prompt and can't find one. I don't want to do what Sirk suggests because I don't want to create a new Central Admin site. I want to re-start the service on my existing one. Can anyone help? I was trying to troubleshoot an issue and what I did was to open Central Administration > Operations > Services on Server and stop the one that says Central Admin. Now I'm in big trouble!
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July 15th, 2008 6:22pm

I figured it out thanks to a really great blog http://blogs.breezetraining.com.au/scarey/default.aspx: Use the stsadm command tore-strat the service. Simply run stsadm from the 12 hive (by default C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\bin) with the following options For the Web Servicestsadm.exe -o provisionservice -action start -servicetype Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService For central administrationstsadm.exe -o provisionservice -action start -servicetype Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService -servicename WSS_Administration
July 15th, 2008 7:00pm

Every time I've stopped that service in the GUI, IIS always removes the website "Sharepoint Central Administration v3". The only way I'v been able to get it back is to re-run the configuraion wizard and let it recreate the website. Just select "Don't disconnect from farm", and pick the same port the old Central Admin was on. It usually takes less than 5 minutes to resolve and you will probably spend more time searching for a better soution. Do you have the Central Administration website in IIS?
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July 15th, 2008 7:13pm

Yes... this will resolve this issue....I have experienced the same
January 4th, 2010 1:06pm

Actually, you might want to use psconfig.exe -cmd adminvs -provision -port 8080 -windowsauthprovider onlyusentlm.... Run psconfig from the SharePoint server where you want CA to be provisioned.. Reference http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263093(office.12).aspx Cheers, -Ivan Ivan Sanders My LinkedIn Profile, My Blog, @iasanders.
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June 16th, 2010 9:17pm

This happened to me right after I installed Microsoft's GroupBoard. I had to go into Services > Windows SharePoint Services Administration > Properties > Log On and re-enter the account and password. After I entered the correct credentials, I restarted IIS. I have a problem though the owner does not know administrator password. I have inherit this HP ML150 FE server 2008. This is my first time working with Sharepoint. Tried the solutions below but I kept getting access denied to both stsadm and psconfig. Additional note: the sql database was moved from default location on C drive to another HD.So my guess it is disconnected now. How do restart and connect it back to previous database. We do not want to loose all contacts, calendar and email that was in that previous database. I am loosing too much sleep searching for solution. Thank you.
June 15th, 2011 6:09pm

I tried both of your suggestion but I got access denied when attempting your method. What to do now? If anyone can help me with this. Thank you.
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June 15th, 2011 6:19pm

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