Hi Fritz Have you recently installed a new domain controller or global catalog by any chance. I am assuming we are talking about Exchange 2000/3? Try turning up the logging level to medium on the SMTP virtual server and I reckon you will see errors in the event log that AD could not be contacted during start-up.This is normally due to FSMO role placement. I am afflicted with this too.I am guessing your server is also the FSMO? Hope that helps. Don't hesitate to contact me if I can help further at all. Regards, Paul Lemonidis. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fritz Mesedilla" <fritz.mesedilla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 1:54 AM Subject: [exchangelist] Re: exchange not starting automatically http://www.MSExchange.org/ It is a localsystem account. For over 1 year now it has not encountered this problem. Is there like a 1 year limit? :D It has reached 1 year last August. It started having this restart problem around mid-September. Cheers, fritz <www.mesedilla.com> --- + Basta Ikaw Lord > -----Original Message----- > From: Shannon Coleman [mailto:shannon@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 9:42 AM > To: [ExchangeList] > Subject: [exchangelist] Re: exchange not starting automatically > > > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > Is you exchange services running as a LocalSystem account, or > a user account? > > ----------------------------------------- > Original Message: > From: Fritz Mesedilla <fritz.mesedilla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: [ExchangeList] <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Mon Nov 03 19:35:05 CST 2003 > Subject: [exchangelist] exchange not starting automatically > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > > > Greetings! > > I need help. > My exchange server stopped starting automatically on reboots. > I have to manually start it although it is set to start automatically. > > It starts normally but still on restarts in doesn't start > properly. 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