I would think the best practice analyzer will find it for you; go to this link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=DBAB201F-4BEE-4943- AC22-E2DDBD258DF3&displaylang=en <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=DBAB201F-4BEE-4943 -AC22-E2DDBD258DF3&displaylang=en> download it, install it, run it and it will find every possible problem that your exchange could possibly have. Let us know how it went -----Original Message----- From: Todd Hofert [mailto:todd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 8:03 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Critical State Stopped http://www.MSExchange.org/ I have a strange issue with one of my Exchange 2003 servers. Under status in System Manager it lists the server name with a status of Critical:Service not running. Clicking on the Default Microsoft Exchange Services lists all Exchange Services and all are listed with a state of Running. Reviewing the services from Computer Manager/Services also shows that all services are running. Services have been restarted and the entire server has been restarted. Event viewer has no suspicious events. Mail is flowing as expected. Any ideas why this is showing as service not running and or how to correct? Thanks Todd Hofert IT Director Spartan Graphics, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: mjtech@xxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and destroy any copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal.