I cannot start the ADmin Server, and see this message in the log

[ravi inguva]

Hi I am using Websphere 3.5 with fix pack 2 on Win2000 and database is InstantDB
The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( Websphere ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The following information is part of the event: IBM WS AdminServer status: 997 Unable to start WebSphere Administration Server in 3 tries, service exiting.
I have tried to solve like this
1)restarted the system