Server 2003 as a DC - Active Directory dies???
- From: Zac <Zac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:18:01 -0700
I've got a Server 2003 Domain Controller (Only one in the domain) of which
it's like Active Directory mainly dies. Suddenly. Without warning.
When this happens, here's what I observe:
1) The logon box (either local or RDP, doesn't matter) is gone. Nothing to
CTL+ALT+DEL on, nothing. Just the gray Secure Desktop background.
2) Anything that requires Windows authentication (Shares, Outlook, Programs,
etc) starts failing.
3) Anything that uses stand-alone authentication (I've got third-party chat
software that uses its own database) continues to function.
So again, it's almost like Active Directory takes a dive.
This happens very inconsistently (Enough so I think calling Microsoft
Support on this would be a waste, because I cannot reproduce it at any time).
I've gone three weeks with no issues, and then like today, it happened two
times within 4 hours.
Only solution is to hard reset the server, which I hate to do.
Event Viewer has NOTHING in it. All of a sudden you just start seeing
"Authentication Failed" messages popping up from various apps, but nothing
consistent or nothing to suggest what's going on.
Any ideas?
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