IIS5.1: The service did not response to the start or contr..

Hey folks

on XPP here.

I have always had IIs started by default, but suddenly now i see my default
(and only) website is off. i get this message when trying to start it -

**"The service did not response to the start or control request in a timely
fashion"**

running iisreset via Run > CMD gives me the following:

**Attempting stop...
Internet services successfully stopped
Attempting start...
Restart attempt failed.
IIS Admin Service is disabled**

So i went to Services, and IIS Admin Service is started. i restarted - and
still the same notice.

not sure if related, but World Wide Web Publishing seems to be stopped,
trying to restart it gives the following error -

**could not start remote installation service on local computer, error 127:
the specified procedure could not be found**

Trying to uninstall/re-install FTP via Add/Remove Windows Components does
not change anything.



Any ideas what this can be?



Many thanks!