RE: SBS Hangs for 4 plus hours

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Are you running APC Powerchute software on the server? There is a known bug
in version 6 that causes the behavior that you are describing. To resolve it
upgrade the APC software to version 7.

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Jonathan Filson
KKI Technologies
Small Business Specialist


"Michael" wrote:

> 4This weekedn I decided to do all the updates to the SBS premium - there were
> 15 and all went well (updates indicated 'done' ) - and I was requested to
> restart - then after logiing in - 'the applying computer settings' screen the
> system just hangs for approximately 4 plus hours - eventually the server
> comes up as normal.
>
> I can log in remotely and the same thing happens. All other functionallity
> seems to be working - people can log in and the server is working.
>
> One other note - once I have everything up and running and try and access
> the control panel - the taskbar freezes and no longer functions.
>
> EVERYTHING on the server was working properly before the automatic updates.
>
> Any help on this would be appreciated.
>
> Michael
>
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