RE: Windows Update KB905915 issues

I have been experiencing similar problems. The first sign something is wrong
is when exchange seems to hang (no Outlook response). then I am unable to
remotely connect to te server and the only way to resolve it is by pushing
the off button! I seem to get numerous 7011 errors in the event log often
relating to different services failing to respond.

I have just removed KB905915 to see if my problem goes away.

DaveC

"Don" wrote:

> Over the last 2 weeks my SBS 2000 server has been experiencing very erratic
> behavior. I believe I have narrowed the culprit down to windows update
> KB905915. I am unsure what triggers the problems to start, but the only way
> to get things working again is to reboot the server. Once the problems begin,
> following are the symptoms I notice:
>
> 1) Unable to establish new VPN connections. Pre-established VPN connections
> remain connected and operational. I am able to create a new RDP connection
> from a workstation to the server. However, when I try to logoff from this
> remote connection I experience issue #5 detailed below.
>
> 2) Unable to use Internet Explorer on server. Screen just hangs with a
> blank white page. Client workstations can still browse internet OK.
>
> 3) Server will not answer any new incoming faxes. On two occasions I
> noticed the inbox had a fax "in progress". I tried to cancel the fax but
> then the status just hung at “deleting”. I tried stopping and restarting the
> Microsoft shared fax service. The service stopped, but then gave the
> following message when trying to restart:
>
> “Could not start the Microsoft shared fax service on local computer. The
> service did not return an error. This could be an internal windows error, or
> an internal system error.”
>
> Possibly this is the trigger that causes the server problems to begin. The
> fax service has a dependency on the RPC service.
>
> 4) I use the POP3 mail connector in Exchange to retrieve my e-mail. When
> the problems occur, no new POP3 mail is retrieved. However no error messages
> are written to the event logs.
>
> 5) When I attempt to logoff or reboot the server to correct the issue, it
> just hangs at the "saving your settings" window. I have let it sit here for
> over ½ hour. The only way to reboot is to push the power button.
>
> 6) There are no relevant entries written to any event log indicating what
> the cause could be.
>
> I have now uninstalled this windows update about 4 days ago. Since then the
> problem has yet to occur again. The fax activity has been very low over the
> holiday weekend though, so time will tell if the problem is fixed for good.
>
> I would like to find out if anybody else has experienced similar issues with
> this update. Is there any fix available yet to get the update installed
> without causing a problem?
>
> Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Don
>
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