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

From: Nick Palmer (nick_at_kcicorp.com)
Date: 01/07/05 

Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 07:34:06 -0800

I didn't try either of those. I don't think uninstalling the patches would
help much since it appears that the registry has been corrupted by
something. But I will try booting to the last known good configuration and
see what happens.

Thanks for the reply,
Nick

"Colin M. McGroarty" <CMcGroarty@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:O4gy0mE9EHA.3320@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> 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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