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Problem Statement: I am trying to start my website in IIS, whenever i try to start my website i get the following error "Cannot start service w3svc on computer" I tried to start "World wide web publishing service", but i wasnt able to start it as it said "Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start". Meanwhile when i checked my log i found this error, "The World Wide Web Publishing Service service depends on the HTTP service which failed to start because of the following error: The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it." Please help me, i am badly caught with this error, i hhave spent a week researching this error but havnt found a solution yet. Solution: Well finally after a week struggle, i came to a solution. I am listing down the steps which i followed to solve my error 1- Confirm that "Windows Management Instrumentation"

Error Description: Im using wamp / xamp server . When i try to import a sql file, either through MySQL Query Browser or PHPMyAdmin,i get the following error. Error 2006 : MySQL Server has gone away .   Solution: You need to change max_allowed_packet, and the error will be fixed. File Path: This configuration file is located at «XAMPP install directory, this is C:\XAMPP by default» \mysql\bin\my.ini . # note the change has to be made at this section [ mysqld ] port = 3306 socket = "/xampp/mysql/mysql.sock" basedir = "/xampp/mysql" tmpdir = "/xampp/tmp" datadir = "/xampp/mysql/data" skip-locking key_buffer = 16 M # it was 1 M by default max_allowed_packet = 2 M table_cache = 64 sort_buffer_size = 512 K net_buffer_length = 8 K read_buffer_size = 256 K read_rnd_buffer_size = 512 K myisam_sort_buffer_size = 8 M        

Answer for this question varies from person to person, for a client or a user a great software should always does what is supposed to be, it should complete all the processes without being cracked and produce expected results. For a programmer point of view a great software is one which is strictly following object oriented principals, there is no duplicate code and each object is controlling its behavior. I tried to give you just an idea about a great software, what does great software means to you, please write it down in comments.