Re: Rebooting 2003 server automatically?

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From: Mark N. (mark_at_ihatespam.net)
Date: 11/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:55:45 GMT

> I'm not averse to Microsoft-bashing myself, but rebooting a server just
> because it's Windows seems a bit harsh and unwarranted. No properly
> administered server should require it. What exact errors do you
> encounter if you don't reboot?

No errors really. What is harsh about rebooting a server? That concerns
me - am I causing damage of some sort?

> I can't replicate that. Double-clicking a local batch file on a NT5.2
> server will execute it without any warning. Only if the batch file
> itself or any executable it might call is remote will I get warnings.

I'm not certain, but it may be related to Sophos Antivirus? I just ran a
batch file on another 2003 server without any problem. I will have to dig
in a bit more now that I've discovered this.

> I have plenty of scheduled batch files running on NT5.2 servers, albeit
> not through AT but through the GUI "Scheduled Tasks". Any reason why you
> don't want to use that?

It's not that I don't want to use it, I just never have. I have a batch
script that sets the AT command on fifteen of my servers with just a
double-click and I've just always used that. I'll see if the GUI version
works any differently.

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