IIS throws HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable after installation of windows 8
- by Floran
I was using IIS7.5 on Windows 7. Everything worked great.
I then installed Windows 8.
The shortcut link to my IIS7.5 stopped working, because all this was apparently moved to a windows.old folder.
I had to install IIS8 via the 'turn Windows features on/off'.
After I did that, I saw my sites again and everything looked ok, until I browsed to a site and got the error:
Service Unavailable
HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable.
I restarted IIS, restarted my PC, restarted the single site, but the problem remains.
I also tried looking at the event logs. My eventlogs used to be in C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC4, but I don't see any log of today in there. Maybe that
has changed with the new IIS as well? If so, where are the eventlogs now or where can I see where they should be saved?