Re: Program do not start

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"sdf" <sdf@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:432109aa$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> I have this issue recently on most of my Windows 2000 servers. When I try
to
> start any application, be it Windows Explorer, Notepad, Task Manager, cmd
or
> anything, it just will not start.
>
> For example, I try to start cmd. After starting it, nothing happens. I can
> see the process running in the Task Manager using a remote program and I
can
> see the cmd process running. But going back to the physical server, there
is
> no display of the program. The only new application that we installed
> recently is McAfee Anti Virus 8.0i.
>
> Does anyone has any similar experience? Is there any tool that I can use
to
> see which process is killing the server?
>
> Thanks in advance.

In an attempt to get a handle on this problem, I would do this:
- Reboot the server, first in Safe Mode, then in Normal Mode,
and try to invoke cmd.exe in each case.
- Use psexec.exe \\YourServer cmd (www.sysinternals.com)
to see if the command processor can be invoked from another
machine.
- Compare cmd.exe with a known good copy on another machine.
- Perform these actions:
* Check if c:\temp.txt exists. If it does, delete it.
* Click Start / Run
* Type notepad c:\temp.txt {OK}
* Press Enter (in response to the invisble prompt about "File not found")
* Check if c:\temp.txt now exists
- Invoke cmd.exe in different ways:
* Via Start / Run
* Via Explorer (it's in %SystemRoot%\system32)
* Via a logon script


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