[windows2000] Re: Services dying on XP
- From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:46:50 +0200
Jim Kenzig ThinHelp.com <> wrote on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 4:43 PM:
Good idea! Methodology is Alfa and Omega on cases like this...
> Found a cool thing you can do when working out an issue with MS support.
> Run up msconfig and click on the Services tab. Check the box to hide all of
> the Microsoft services. That will show you all of the NON microsoft
> services. Uncheck all of those and reboot to troubleshoot which ones are
> the problem. Do the same for all the startup items. Start them 1 or 2 at a
> time and keep rebooting till you see the problem. Jim Kenzig
>
>
>
> On 4/25/07, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Charles R. Buchanan <> wrote on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 2:53 PM:
>
> It doesn't spontaneuosly reboot. Yet...
>
> But I'll start looking into what service may fail and take others with
it.
>
>
> > My thinking as well. I would try to find out of the services that
keep
> > failing, which other services are related on the web first. Maybe
that
> > would help to cut down on the number of re-boots possibly because
that
> > does take a toll on the hardware after awhile. :-(
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:41:10 +0100, "Angus Macdonald"
> > <Angus.Macdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> took time to say the
following:
> >
> >> Perhaps a single service on which other services depend is failing,
> taking >> the others out with it. Failures should be noted in the
event
> log. >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu
> >> Sent: 25 April 2007 12:51
> >> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: [windows2000] Re: Services dying on XP
> >>
> >>
> >> Jim Kenzig ThinHelp.com <> wrote on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 6:26
PM:
> >>
> >> Uninstalled SAVCE, rebooted a few times. Same thing, the services
still
> >> die. 8-/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> What antivirus are you using? Try turning it off and see if the
> services >>> start.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 4/24/07, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> Have you had services just die on a computer?
> >>>
> >>> I have five of them... All the same brand and model (Dell
Optiplex
> >>> GX270). I initially installed one of them as I wanted it, then
ran
> >>> sysprep on the master and mirrored this master to the other
four.
> Yes, >>> it's a long and tedious way, but I wanted to try sysprep
out
> now when I
> >>> for once had five identical systems.
> >>>
> >>> Anyway, the computers worked fine for a month or so, and the
> problems >>> started.
> >>>
> >>> One of the machines I manually reinstalled (without sysprep)
but I
> still
> >>> have the same problem with this one as the other four.
> >>>
> >>> All of them run WinXP SP2 English.
> >>>
> >>> I was alerted to the fact that something was wrong when some
of the
> users
> >>> using the new(ish) machines reported that the audio was gone.
> Checking >>> the services, I noticed several services that were
set to
> automatic >>> start, weren't starting as they. On occasion they
would
> start properly >>> and then shutdown after a few minutes.
> >>>
> >>> Would you guys have any idea what's going on, because I'm at a
loss
> >>> here...
> >>>
> >>> I'd appreciate any info or hints on this problem.
> >>>
> >>> TIA.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> BW,
> >>>
> >>> Sorin
> >>>
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