Re: Server takes an hour to boot and does not shut down.

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:06:13 -0400

Re shutdown, aside from the wise questions in Henry's reply, what do you see
in the event logs? What is the output of ipconfig /all ?

Also note (perhaps OT, perhaps not):

You can speed up the shutdown time if you stop the MS Exchange System
Attendant service first. I usually do this in a command prompt -

    net stop msexchangesa <enter>

Don wrote:
> Well perhaps it will shut down in an hour I'm not sure.
>
> The SBS server sits at applying computer settings for at
> least 40 minutes, though the sharing services start just
> fine, but if I want to log in at the server it takes
> *forever*.
>
> Neither does the server shut down when asked to.
>
> The server was working fine, I do not know if my client
> did anything to it while I was away but it seems unlikely.
>
> Any ideas what I can do to fix this issue?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Don

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