Can't seen to figure out why the server is returning Service Unavailable to
the web browser and Unspecified Error for the application pool.  It is using
a domain user account (member of IIS_WPG, temporarily added to Domain Admins
/ Administrators) and IIS is running on a domain controller.  My event log
is outputting three errors in the system log:

---
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: W3SVC
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1021
Date:  12/29/2004
Time:  8:14:18 AM
User:  N/A
Computer: MYCOMPUTER
Description:
The identity of application pool, 'Test Pool' is invalid.  If it remains
invalid when the first request for the application pool is processed, the
application pool will be disabled.  The data field contains the error
number.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 80070569

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: W3SVC
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1057
Date:  12/29/2004
Time:  8:16:52 AM
User:  N/A
Computer: MYCOMPUTER
Description:
The identity of application pool 'Test Pool' is invalid, so the World Wide
Web Publishing Service can not create a worker process to serve the
application pool.  Therefore, the application pool has been disabled.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: W3SVC
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1059
Date:  12/29/2004
Time:  8:16:52 AM
User:  N/A
Computer: MYCOMPUTER
Description:
A failure was encountered while launching the process serving application
pool 'Test Pool'. The application pool has been disabled.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
---

The event log and error messages seem rather vague and silly in my opinion.
I have been through KB article 812614, REGMON, FILEMON, and other tools with
no luck.  Any thoughts?

Thanks!
Colin

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I seem to have resolved the issue by recreating the application pool account
(delete / recreate).   Still not sure of the root cause.

"Colin Bowern" <colinbowern@nospam.indimensions.com> wrote in message
news:%23vjUQka7EHA.2552@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Can't seen to figure out why the server is returning Service Unavailable
> to the web browser and Unspecified Error for the application pool.  It is
> using a domain user account (member of IIS_WPG, temporarily added to
> Domain Admins / Administrators) and IIS is running on a domain controller.
> My event log is outputting three errors in the system log:
>
> ---
> Event Type: Warning
> Event Source: W3SVC
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 1021
> Date:  12/29/2004
> Time:  8:14:18 AM
> User:  N/A
> Computer: MYCOMPUTER
> Description:
> The identity of application pool, 'Test Pool' is invalid.  If it remains
> invalid when the first request for the application pool is processed, the
> application pool will be disabled.  The data field contains the error
> number.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> Data:
> 0000: 80070569
>
> Event Type: Warning
> Event Source: W3SVC
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 1057
> Date:  12/29/2004
> Time:  8:16:52 AM
> User:  N/A
> Computer: MYCOMPUTER
> Description:
> The identity of application pool 'Test Pool' is invalid, so the World Wide
> Web Publishing Service can not create a worker process to serve the
> application pool.  Therefore, the application pool has been disabled.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: W3SVC
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 1059
> Date:  12/29/2004
> Time:  8:16:52 AM
> User:  N/A
> Computer: MYCOMPUTER
> Description:
> A failure was encountered while launching the process serving application
> pool 'Test Pool'. The application pool has been disabled.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> ---
>
> The event log and error messages seem rather vague and silly in my
> opinion. I have been through KB article 812614, REGMON, FILEMON, and other
> tools with no luck.  Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks!
> Colin
>

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Hi,
You need to get into the local policy (in mmc add the group policy of
the local machine snap in)
and then go to Computer config/windows settings/user rights assignments
and add under Act as part of the operating system, what ever user id
your using to start the application pool

DRC
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I've been encountering the same error.  I have added the Domain account
into "Act as part of the operating system", have added the user to the
iis_wpg, and even created a brand new pool to test this on, etc etc.  I
still get the same error.    With one domain user (mine) the pool runs
fine; with the one set up especially for this application/system, the
pool errors out.  I am told the only difference in these IDs is that
mine has expiry passwords and the 'system' one doesnt, and that the
'system' one has to be granted permission to the devices on which it
will run (which I'm also told it has).

Anyone have addtional ideas I can try?

Drew.


David Copenhaver wrote:
> Hi,
>    You need to get into the local policy (in mmc add the group policy of
> the local machine snap in)
> and then go to Computer config/windows settings/user rights assignments
> and add under Act as part of the operating system, what ever user id
> your using to start the application pool
>
> DRC
> Alphabet collector (MCP,MCSD,MCSA,NECD ECT.)
>
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FWIW, I'm also having the same trouble. I've also added the domain
account (both mine personal account and a non-expiring "faceless"
account) into the "Log on as a service" group in the Local
Policies/User Rights Assignment. No luck. I still get the exact same
event log and the pool gets disabled.

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You have to add the user to the IIS_WPG user group.  It should work then.

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Adding the identity account to the iis_wpg group fixed me right up. Thanks!

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In our case the Application Pool Identity Users password was reset on the Domain but no
t retyped into the Application Identity settings. see this article. http://support
.microsoft.com/kb/931507

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Listen Everyone, I was facing the same problem and what I found on this disc
ussion were only workarounds but there was no one to answer the real cause o
f this problem.

The real cause of the application pool not starting is that you Application 
pool account's password has either changed or the password has expired.

First Step findout your application pool UserID
Go to IIS:
Check the Identity Tab for your application pool account(leave those applica
tion pools where the app. pool identity is predefined ). In my case my confi
gurable UserID was MOSS and the password of this UserID had expired. In your
 case the UserID can be dif
ferent.

Second Step reset the Application pool Userid's password
Goto Active Directory:
Its possible that someone else might have changed the password for MOSS ID, 
or based on policy password might have expired.
So now change the password for MOSS UserID as it is your application pool ID
.

Third Step
Goto IIS Again:
For ALL application pools go to the identity tab and next to your Applicatio
n Pool UserID (ie MOSS in my case) write the new password.

Due to some problem the password changed and it is not updated in IIS automa
tically so IIS is unable to start application pools, start throwing Unspecif
ied Error / Service Unavailable.

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Hi, I've just been reading this thread, as I am facing the same problem on d
ifferent servers within an IIS farm (24 in total). the root cause seems to b
e a password expiry issue. However, I checked the Identity settings for the 
AppPools, they are all runn
ing with "Network Service" account.

Any thoughts on this one???

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