After upgrading to Windows 10 creators update, I noticed that IIS was no longer in my system. So I went ahead and installed IIS from "Turn Windows Features on or off" feature in Control Panel. While I was at it, I also checked all boxes related to IIS and .Net framework.
After restarting my machine after the install, IIS came back with all the websites I configured earlier but all of them are stopped. When I attempt to start them, I get this message:
Websites cannot be started unless both the Windows Activation Service (WAS) and the World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC) are running. Both services are currently stopped.
Looking at services, I can only see World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC) in disabled state but Windows Activation Service is missing. Attempting to start W3SVC shows an error message:
Windows could not start the World Wide Web Publishing Service service on Local Computer. Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start.
Can someone please help me get my IIS running as before? Appreciate your time and help.