Re: Windows users lock up when restarting active directory server

From: Leif Pedersen [MVP] (leif.pedersenNOSPAM_at_get2net.dk)
Date: 08/09/04


Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 22:35:41 +0200

Hi,

Is the new domain controller also configured as a global catalog server (it
should be)??

Leif

"Nick" <nick.karaguezian@imgusa.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:a500cc30.0408091012.1297d3b8@posting.google.com...
> Hi, we have around 60 users, that are Windows 2000/XP and 98 clients.
> When we restart our file server which has DNS/DHCP/AD, Exchange 2000
> (via another server) running, it freezes up the users, when they are
> in outlook or any kind of windows program. We tried to setup another
> windows 2000 as a domain controller, so if one server restarts it
> would compensate for the other, but that didn't help. Is there a way
> to tell the client workstations to continue using email, and other web
> services without locking up, when the main AD server has to be
> restarted for maintenance?
>
> thanks
> Nick



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