# Command Prompt run as administrator:
: '
Here is the improved restart IIS cmd you can use on IIS 7.0 and above that has
a lower risk of failure:
'
iisreset /stop /timeout:60
taskkill /F /FI "SERVICES eq was"
iisreset /start
# OR
IISRESET
: '
IISRESET is a well-known tool used to restart your IIS services.
Unfortunately, that is also its biggest problem:
1. It is often used to pick up configuration changes/reset misbehaving IIS
websites when it shouldn’t be.
2. It actively hurts the availability of your websites, and the overall
stability of your server.
'