[windows2000] Re: Services dying on XP

  • From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:07:40 +0200

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
>> 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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