How to change the user iis 5 service runs on?

Question

I have IIS 5 running over XP. I was told to change it such that the iis process does not run under the system account. Where do I change this?

Answer 1

Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services

Just look for the name of the service you want to change, right-click it, and select properties. On the Log On tab set the username and password you want to use. It will require a restart of the service before it takes effect so watch out for that.

Possible IIS related services that may need to be changed:

• Iisadmin: IIS Admin Service
• Msftpsvc: FTP Publishing Service
• Nntpsvc: Microsoft NNTP Service
• Smtpsvc: MicrosoftSMTP Service
• W3svc: World Wide Web Publishing Service