Event ID - 1003

Event Id1003
SourceMicrosoft-Windows-IIS-W3SVC
DescriptionThe World Wide Web Publishing Service (WWW Service) did not register the URL prefix %1 for site %2. The URL may be invalid. The site has been disabled. The data field contains the error number.
Event InformationAccording to Microsft :
Cause :
This event is logged when the World wide web publishing service did not register ther URL prefix for sites.The URL may be invalid or site has been disabled.
Resolution :
Check a URL binding
An invalid URL may cause prevent a Web site from starting. To resolve this:
1.Make sure that all URLs specified for your applications are valid and do not break URL normalization (canonicalization) rules
2. Restart the site.
Note :
To perform this procedure, you must have membership in Administrators , or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority.
To restart the site:
1.Click Start , click Control Panel , and then click Administrative Tools .
2.Right-click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager and select Run as administrator .
3.In the Connections pane, select the Web site that you have to start.
4.In the Actions pane, click Start to start the site.
Verify :
To verify that a Web site is started, you can use either IIS Manager or the appcmd command line utility.
To perform these procedures, you must have membership in Administrators, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority.
To verify that the Web site is started by using the appcmd command line utility:
1.Open an elevated Command Prompt window. Click Start , point to All Programs , click Accessories , right-click Command Prompt , and then click Run as administrator .
2.Change the directory to %SystemDrive%\Windows\System32\inetsrv .
3.Run the following command: appcmd.exe list site -site.name:"Site Name" . If the Web site is started, the output will resemble the following:
SITE "Default Web Site" (id:1,bindings:http/*:80:,state:Started)
To verify that the Web site is started by using IIS Manager:
1.Click Start , click Control Panel , and then click Administrative Tools.
2.Right-click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager and select Run as administrator .
3.In the Connections pane, expand the computer name.
4.In the Connections pane, click the Sites node.
5.In Features View , look for the Web site name. The Web site status will be indicated under the Status column. If the Web site is started and is using the HTTP protocol, Started(http) will appear.
Reference LinksEvent ID 1003 from Source Microsoft-Windows-IIS-W3SVC

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