If you've made some changes (for example) to php.ini and you need to reboot to get the new settings loaded then here is a simple tip that will greatly improve your turnaround.

1. Open an RDC connection to your web server.
2. Click start | run and type cmd. Press enter.
3. To stop the server use:

   iisreset /stop

   It will take roughly 20 seconds to stop the IIS service and you will see some text appear when its fully stopped.
4. To start it up again just type

   net start w3svc

   Note: you can start typing this straight after you type step 3. This will mean the text is ready and waiting for you to restart the server that second or two faster.

The benefit's of this are obvious. If you're running a commercial server with clients relying on your server being live then not only do you complete the reboot in a fraction of the time but you also leave your mail server live throughout the process!

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