Re: Question about a Windows 2003 server with service problems after applying latest patches

From: Colin M. McGroarty (CMcGroarty_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/06/05 

Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 17:43:19 -0600

What happens when you boot to the last known good configuration?

Can you use add/remove programs to uninstall the patches that were
installed? If so, does the system return to normal?

Kind Regards, 

-- 
Colin M. McGroarty, MCSE, MCP+I, NT-CIP
2004 Microsoft MVP, Windows Server - General
www.McGroarty.org
"Nick Palmer" <nick@kcicorp.com> wrote in message 
news:10tri129744aq15@corp.supernews.com...
Hi,
I have a Windows 2003 Server (standard) that has been running fine for a
long time.  This morning I installed the latest security patches from
Windows Update and rebooted the server.  I got the login screen, logged in,
then the server rebooted.  It came back to the login screen after rebooting,
but said that some services hadn't started.  I logged in and then got
several messages about corrupt registry hives that windows would attempt to
restore.  This went thru, but my desktop was all wrong and lots of services
did not start.  The services included IIS ADMIN, WWW, Net Logon, and Windows
Time service.  The event log is full or errors from all these services
failing to start.  I can start some of them by hand, but clearly there is
something very wrong with this server.  I have tried shutting down and
rebooting multiple times but I get the same problems each time.  Clearly
there is something wrong with this server.  So, I have two choices as I see
it.  I can just delete the system partition and re-install Windows 2003
server from scratch.  If I do this, I'll have to re-setup all the shares,
printers and other software that was on the box, but at least I know that
I've started with a good clean install.  Now, if I choose this option, will
I lose all the other drive volumes that are currently defined on the
physical disk where the current system volume resides ?  Thats my only
concern with this option.  My other option is to do a restore from a full
system backup that was done over a year ago.  My only hesitaion to chosing
this option is that between the time the backup was taken and now, I have
removed several of the older physical drives that were SCSI and replaced
them with IDE drives.  The volumes have the same names and shares.  Will
this cause me any problem ?  I am leaning towards just wiping the system
volume and starting from scratch but I just wanted some questions answered
before I go that way.
Thanks in advance,
Nick

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