TABLE 1: Required Services on a Standalone IIS 5.0 Server
Service Qualifying Statement
COM+ Event System Required only if you have COM objects that subscribe to the Event Notification System
DNS Client Required only if your Web server references other computers through DNS
IIS Administrator Service  
IPSEC Policy Agent Required only if you use IPSec
Logical Disk Manager (LDM) Required only if you use dynamic volumes or logical drives
Logical Disk Administrator Service  
Network Connections Required only when you need to configure NICs
Plug and Play (PnP)  
Protected Storage  
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)  
Security Accounts Manager  
System Event Notification Not required
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service Required only if the Server service is enabled
Workstation  
World Wide Web Publishing Service