What worked was another's suggestion of iisreset /stop - killed it all, and quickly. There's some suggestion that running IHateSpam Server may cause some of this. Anyway, it worked, patch applied, all restarted OK.
Thanks, David -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Missy Koslosky Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 7:09 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Unable to stop SMTP svc Haven't run into this before. I'd use kill.exe on the service instead of restarting the server. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 4:58 PM Subject: Unable to stop SMTP svc About a 3-month old install of E2K3 on W2K3. While trying to install the new Exchange roll-up patch, I discovered the SMTP service won't stop, either for the patch or just trying to stop it out of Services Manager. It hangs in a 'stopping' state. Once that happens, it seems I'm stuck with doing a restart in order to get it going again. I can probably accomplish the same by setting the service to manual and restarting before I apply the patch, but I'm curious what's happening. Nothing of any note in the event logs, and I've not found much on Technet that's helpful. Thanks, David _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
