Hi There
We have a really strange issue where by our SBS 2003 SP2 box after rebooting
is sitting at the applying computer settings. We have restarted it several
times but still got the same problem. The users are able to connect to
shares etc and it seems to be functioning correctly. There are no odd events
being generated in the logs to suggest a problem. When you try and connect
to the server using RDC it allows you to log on but sits at Loading Personal
settings.
We came across a Microsoft KB re APC UPS's but this isn't applicable in our
case. We are able to connect to the server using computer management etc.
All group policies seem to be ok too.
Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi David:

We have seen this take some time, some times a long time, for no reason that
anyone can figure out. Have you tried safe mode?

Since it is, apparantly, working, I would leave it for a full day and overnight
and see what happens.

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> Hi There
> We have a really strange issue where by our SBS 2003 SP2 box after
> rebooting
> is sitting at the applying computer settings. We have restarted it
> several
> times but still got the same problem. The users are able to connect to
> shares etc and it seems to be functioning correctly. There are no odd
> events
> being generated in the logs to suggest a problem. When you try and
> connect
> to the server using RDC it allows you to log on but sits at Loading
> Personal
> settings.
> We came across a Microsoft KB re APC UPS's but this isn't applicable
> in our
> case. We are able to connect to the server using computer management
> etc.
> All group policies seem to be ok too.
> Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi Larry,

Thanks for such a prompt reply. It has been left over night but still no
joy. Haven't tried safe mode as the server is at a remote site. We will have
to schedule a visit for that. We were wondering if there could be any
processes or something which could be stuck which we could end remotely to
try and get it working. If not and we go on site, what would you suggest if
we can get it to boot normally in safe mode.

One interesting thing is if you try and manage the server from computer
management you get an RPC unavailable message. Not sure if this will have
anything to do with it?

"Larry Struckmeyer[SBS-MVP]" <lstruckmeyer@newsgroup-wizards.com> wrote in message
news:4e683515e0388cc9dfa5996c724@newsgroup

> Hi David:
>
> We have seen this take some time, some times a long time, for no reason
> that anyone can figure out. Have you tried safe mode?
>
> Since it is, apparantly, working, I would leave it for a full day and
> overnight and see what happens.
>
> -
> Larry
> Please post the resolution to your
> issue so others may benefit
> -
> Get Your SBS Health Check at
> www.sbsbpa.com
>
>

>> Hi There
>> We have a really strange issue where by our SBS 2003 SP2 box after
>> rebooting
>> is sitting at the applying computer settings. We have restarted it
>> several
>> times but still got the same problem. The users are able to connect to
>> shares etc and it seems to be functioning correctly. There are no odd
>> events
>> being generated in the logs to suggest a problem. When you try and
>> connect
>> to the server using RDC it allows you to log on but sits at Loading
>> Personal
>> settings.
>> We came across a Microsoft KB re APC UPS's but this isn't applicable
>> in our
>> case. We are able to connect to the server using computer management
>> etc.
>> All group policies seem to be ok too.
>> Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

>
>

On 30/03/2010 13:16, David Parkes wrote:

> Hi There
> We have a really strange issue where by our SBS 2003 SP2 box after
> rebooting is sitting at the applying computer settings. We have
> restarted it several times but still got the same problem. The users are
> able to connect to shares etc and it seems to be functioning correctly.
> There are no odd events being generated in the logs to suggest a
> problem. When you try and connect to the server using RDC it allows you
> to log on but sits at Loading Personal settings.
> We came across a Microsoft KB re APC UPS's but this isn't applicable in
> our case. We are able to connect to the server using computer management
> etc. All group policies seem to be ok too.
> Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
>
>

If you can get on site out of hours, then it may be worth trying to boot
the machine without the network cable plugged in.

I've also seen this happen with anti-virus systems that weren't "server"
versions (i.e. home versions). But, I guess this may not apply in your
case if this has just started happening and you've not changed anything.

Hi James,

Thanks for the suggestion. The AV which is running on the server is CA ITM
which isn't a home product. We have had the user on site to remote the
network cable but that hasn't helped. Any more suggestions would be
appreciated. Thanks

"James Hurrell" <"j_a_hurrell at hotmail com"> wrote in message
news:eNmlmmA0KHA.2072@newsgroup

> On 30/03/2010 13:16, David Parkes wrote:

>> Hi There
>> We have a really strange issue where by our SBS 2003 SP2 box after
>> rebooting is sitting at the applying computer settings. We have
>> restarted it several times but still got the same problem. The users are
>> able to connect to shares etc and it seems to be functioning correctly.
>> There are no odd events being generated in the logs to suggest a
>> problem. When you try and connect to the server using RDC it allows you
>> to log on but sits at Loading Personal settings.
>> We came across a Microsoft KB re APC UPS's but this isn't applicable in
>> our case. We are able to connect to the server using computer management
>> etc. All group policies seem to be ok too.
>> Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
>>
>>

> If you can get on site out of hours, then it may be worth trying to boot
> the machine without the network cable plugged in.
>
> I've also seen this happen with anti-virus systems that weren't "server"
> versions (i.e. home versions). But, I guess this may not apply in your
> case if this has just started happening and you've not changed anything.

On 30/03/2010 14:24, David Parkes wrote:

> Hi James,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. The AV which is running on the server is CA
> ITM which isn't a home product. We have had the user on site to remote
> the network cable but that hasn't helped. Any more suggestions would be
> appreciated. Thanks
>

If you can get in with safe mode, I would check the event log for any
services that have failed to automatically start - this might help
pinpoint the culprit.

Hi James,

The strange thing is we can manage the computer using computer management
and all services are started and there doesn't seem to be anything untoward
in the event logs. Its a real bizarre one?!?!

"James Hurrell" <"j_a_hurrell at hotmail com"> wrote in message
news:eJYkM1A0KHA.4328@newsgroup

> On 30/03/2010 14:24, David Parkes wrote:

>> Hi James,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion. The AV which is running on the server is CA
>> ITM which isn't a home product. We have had the user on site to remote
>> the network cable but that hasn't helped. Any more suggestions would be
>> appreciated. Thanks
>>

> If you can get in with safe mode, I would check the event log for any
> services that have failed to automatically start - this might help
> pinpoint the culprit.

Iterating what has been suggested, turn off realtime AV if you can, and
reboot. If that helps, and you want realtime scanning on, on the
server, you'll have to dig up the exclusion info for the AV product
retry.

Another thing to obviously check, is the logon profile. For starters,
ensure you have the User Profile cleanup tool installed (it *may* help).
But, obviously, try logging on as another admin user (ie not the
'Administrator').

--
Duncan.

In article <uOLzBLB0KHA.244@newsgroup>, wibble@newsgroup
says...

>
> Hi James,
>
> The strange thing is we can manage the computer using computer management
> and all services are started and there doesn't seem to be anything untoward
> in the event logs. Its a real bizarre one?!?!
>
> "James Hurrell" <"j_a_hurrell at hotmail com"> wrote in message
> news:eJYkM1A0KHA.4328@newsgroup

> > On 30/03/2010 14:24, David Parkes wrote:

> >> Hi James,
> >>
> >> Thanks for the suggestion. The AV which is running on the server is CA
> >> ITM which isn't a home product. We have had the user on site to remote
> >> the network cable but that hasn't helped. Any more suggestions would be
> >> appreciated. Thanks
> >>

> > If you can get in with safe mode, I would check the event log for any
> > services that have failed to automatically start - this might help
> > pinpoint the culprit.

how come no-one has yet asked for the 'ipconfig /all'?

Slow startup, either workstation or server, is normally due to problems in
networking.

Pls supply the full output of 'ipconfig /all > c:\ipconfig.txt'.

"Duncan McC" <hard@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:MPG.261ce50f31ceda68989b4b@newsgroup

> Iterating what has been suggested, turn off realtime AV if you can, and
> reboot. If that helps, and you want realtime scanning on, on the
> server, you'll have to dig up the exclusion info for the AV product
> retry.
>
> Another thing to obviously check, is the logon profile. For starters,
> ensure you have the User Profile cleanup tool installed (it *may* help).
> But, obviously, try logging on as another admin user (ie not the
> 'Administrator').
>
> --
> Duncan.
>
> In article <uOLzBLB0KHA.244@newsgroup>, wibble@newsgroup
> says...

>>
>> Hi James,
>>
>> The strange thing is we can manage the computer using computer management
>> and all services are started and there doesn't seem to be anything
>> untoward
>> in the event logs. Its a real bizarre one?!?!
>>
>> "James Hurrell" <"j_a_hurrell at hotmail com"> wrote in message
>> news:eJYkM1A0KHA.4328@newsgroup

>> > On 30/03/2010 14:24, David Parkes wrote:
>> >> Hi James,
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for the suggestion. The AV which is running on the server is CA
>> >> ITM which isn't a home product. We have had the user on site to remote
>> >> the network cable but that hasn't helped. Any more suggestions would
>> >> be
>> >> appreciated. Thanks
>> >>
>> > If you can get in with safe mode, I would check the event log for any
>> > services that have failed to automatically start - this might help
>> > pinpoint the culprit.

>

Isn't "Please post ipconfig/all from server and workstation unmunged"
in the signature of all regular newsgroup posters? I know it seems to
be the first thing Microsoft support looks at when you call in.

On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 16:04:15 +1100, "SuperGumby [SBS MVP]"
<not@newsgroup> wrote:

>how come no-one has yet asked for the 'ipconfig /all'?
>
>Slow startup, either workstation or server, is normally due to problems in
>networking.
>
>Pls supply the full output of 'ipconfig /all > c:\ipconfig.txt'.
>
>"Duncan McC" <hard@newsgroup> wrote in message
>news:MPG.261ce50f31ceda68989b4b@newsgroup

>> Iterating what has been suggested, turn off realtime AV if you can, and
>> reboot. If that helps, and you want realtime scanning on, on the
>> server, you'll have to dig up the exclusion info for the AV product
>> retry.
>>
>> Another thing to obviously check, is the logon profile. For starters,
>> ensure you have the User Profile cleanup tool installed (it *may* help).
>> But, obviously, try logging on as another admin user (ie not the
>> 'Administrator').
>>
>> --
>> Duncan.
>>
>> In article <uOLzBLB0KHA.244@newsgroup>, wibble@newsgroup
>> says...

>>>
>>> Hi James,
>>>
>>> The strange thing is we can manage the computer using computer management
>>> and all services are started and there doesn't seem to be anything
>>> untoward
>>> in the event logs. Its a real bizarre one?!?!
>>>
>>> "James Hurrell" <"j_a_hurrell at hotmail com"> wrote in message
>>> news:eJYkM1A0KHA.4328@newsgroup
>>> > On 30/03/2010 14:24, David Parkes wrote:
>>> >> Hi James,
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks for the suggestion. The AV which is running on the server is CA
>>> >> ITM which isn't a home product. We have had the user on site to remote
>>> >> the network cable but that hasn't helped. Any more suggestions would
>>> >> be
>>> >> appreciated. Thanks
>>> >>
>>> > If you can get in with safe mode, I would check the event log for any
>>> > services that have failed to automatically start - this might help
>>> > pinpoint the culprit.

>>

>

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