Re: Slow Server Startup - Please help

From: Dirk-Thomas Brown (youhadtoask_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/20/04


Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 09:07:42 -0800

Make sure, if you run more than one NIC, that the LAN NIC is at the TOP of
the binding order.

Dirk-Thomas

"bobby" <bobby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2D507C04-F923-446C-BF99-DEFD09148BE9@microsoft.com...
> We have a new 2003 server that is having problems. When it is starting,
> 'preparing network connections' takes a long time and nothing seems to
> work
> properly once it is up. I can't do an ipconfig to determine how the DNS
> is
> set up and network connections is also inaccessible. I found this topic
> where the DNS needs to point to itself and restart the netlogon service.
> However, I am not able to use any utility to determine my IP
> configuration.
> The problem is the client has not had a working backup and I have been
> troubleshooting this since early this morning. Can anyone shed some light
> on
> how I can pinpoint the problem?
>
> FYI - Upon startup, there are some errors that some services are not
> started
> and they appera 'starting' in Services. I can't restart them or anything.
> We ran dell diagnostics and there were not any errors that I noticed. Any
> suggestions will be appreciated.



Relevant Pages

  • Slow Server Startup - Please help
    ... 'preparing network connections' takes a long time and nothing seems to work ... set up and network connections is also inaccessible. ... where the DNS needs to point to itself and restart the netlogon service. ... I can't restart them or anything. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.setup)
  • Re: Server Services stop
    ... Hard to run a production facility with a server that is to be collecting ... production data and then stops allowing network connections. ... Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. ... but not we can't even restart the service. ...
    (microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion)
  • Re: Cant ActiveSync with Northwoods Host Computer!
    ... other network connections. ... >I have a Toshiba e740 Pocket PC running Pocket PC 2002. ... restart your device> using the instructions provided by the manufacturer. ...
    (microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync)
  • Re: restarting network connections
    ... > Besides rebooting, how do you restart the network connections ... just a humble desktop user. ...
    (Debian-User)
  • Windows XP Client PCs - Intermittent Loss of Network Connection
    ... We have encountered many instances when our client PCs (only Windows XP SP2 ... PCs) intermittently lost network connections. ... must restart the PCs to regain network connections. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)

Loading