Neil, We had this exact same problem with an old Compaq server. It turned out that both the main and redundant power supplies were in the process of going out. We replaced them and never had the problem again. James -----Original Message----- From: Neil Bullock [mailto:n.bullock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 6:50 AM To: Windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Dead/dying server (maybe) :VSMail mx3 Hi, Seem to have a slight problem with a Win2k domain controller. I'm hoping someone can shed some light on it. This is a server which was upgraded from NT4 (I had no say in the matter, unfortunately). It's a domain controller, but holds none of the FSMO roles, and isn't a global catalog. It's part of a domain which has just one other domain controller. Up until a few days ago, it kept restarting for no obvious reason. The only way we'd know about it would be that when we went to use terminal services on it, it popped up a loading your personal settings box. There were no bugcheck errors in the event log, so I don't believe it was any kind of stop error. There were, however, logs stating that the previous system shutdown at whatever time was unexpected, so that points to a sudden loss of power, or something. We suspected various things (UPS, which we swapped with another to no avail) and various applications/services, which we tried stopping (Apache, IIS, some Sybase thing). Anyway, it seems to have stopped playing that game in the last few days. Instead, now it just slows to a crawl. Task manager claims System Idle Process is using 7% CPU, and nothing else is using any, so we appear to be missing 93% somewhere (this happened on my home server once and it was a dodgy and extremely hot processor). Also recently, it's sometimes started taking people upwards of 3 minutes to log on to the network. Just now, I tracked this down to the problem server. When people are logged on by it, and attempt to download the default domain profile, it takes forever. I removed the profile, and it drops to 13 seconds for a log on. This never happened when the other domain controller happened to log a user on - it was always quick. I'm pondering doing a Win2k repair from the CD or something, and failing that, starting to think about demoting it to a member server to see what happens. I don't really suspect anything any more. I'm just confused now. Neil. ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm DISCLAIMER: The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, or distribution of the message, or any action or omission taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please immediately contact the sender if you have received this message in error. Thank you. ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm