From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

Do you have backup software running on that system? If so, check the logs -
if a backup set isn't finished properly, maybe there is a file lock that
isn't released.


Antti Kurenniemi

"David Blair"  wrote in message
news:414456d2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>I ad a number of websites on my IIS server, and they suddenly quit working.
>I do not know or recall any changes which should have caused this (notice
>this is NOT saying I made none- simply I have been fighting this problem
>for a while and don't recall what changes I may have made.)
>
> I've removed via uninstall (they were installed packages) all the sites
> there, and still received this error"
>
> "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another
> process."
>
> And the default website is stopped. I cannot start it.
>
> There is no indication what file it complains about, there is nothing in
> the even viewer logs, and no error number that I can use as a reference.
> I've tried things I found in Googling the error message but to no avail.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> I am NOT much more than of cursory acquaintance with IIS.
>
>

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