How to Resolve Error "Could not start the IIS Admin Service - error code -2146893818" Hi Friends, In this blog we are going to explain how to resolve error � Could not start the IIS Admin Service error code -2146893818�. We have explain all step. Read full blogs for complete explaination. Whilst setting up Sharepoint 2013 on Windows server 2012 R2, we need the IIS Admin Service running on the server. But sometimes service stopped running and raised the error says "Could not start the IIS Admin Service - error code 2146893818". Another applications having dependencies on IIS may raise the error that IIS is not installed even it is installed on the machine. This error occurs when IIS Admin Service is not running.
For environment : IIS 6, Windows Server 2012 R2 The reason behind this error is the corrupted Machine Key files. IIS depends upon these keys for encryption decryption of metabase keys and we need to make sure that Machine Key folder has full control permissions for both ADMIN and SYSTEM. If the full control permissions are not set, IISADMIN won't be able to read the configuration from the metabase without this key and it will fail to start. Read full blog : http://findnerd.com/list/view/How-to-resolve-error-Could-not-start-the-IISAdmin-Service---error-code--2146893818/4269/ Apart from that you can check more informative blogs and tutorials of android, iphone, php and java development blogs section and can also browse the android, java and iOS developer forum for posting and viewing latest questions on development.