Hello, I'm getting the following error upon startup in Windows Server 2003 Enterprise R2 SP2: "Could not access the local server." Other symptoms include: Various services: HTTP SSL (requires IIS), IIS Admin Service, McAfee McShield, and some others that are set to Auto but are not running. When I try to start IIS manually, I get the error: "Could not start the IIS Admin Service service on Local Computer. Error 5: Access is denied." In my Security Events Log, I have a long list of Failure Audits with the Event ID: 560 and Source: Security. I've researched this issue but I haven't found anything that applies to my instance. It sounds like something's up with my permissions for LOCAL SERVICE, SYSTEM and Administrators groups but I can't figure out what. Thanks in advance for any help!

Hi, Based on my research, this issue may be caused by McAfee software. I suggest you temporarily uninstall the McAfee software or test the issue in Clean Boot state. For more information about Clean Boot, please refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353 Regards, BruceThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Update: Issue appears to be resolved. I downloaded sysinternals and ran AccesEnum on my registry. Somehow, I lost ownership to a lot of my registry entries. I reapplied the ownership to the Administrators group and the problem appears to be resolved.

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