Server is freezing

x-eagle

x-eagle

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Ok so my server keeps on freezing but only if i leeave it for 5 or so mins after is has completed start up on the logon windows it freezes aster 5 mins and if i log in it takes a little longer to freeze.

I have ran anti malware, spyware and anti virus even defraged it.
have also tryed to reinstall windows.

i have windows server 2003 enterprise ed. with all the updates

My server has the follwoing specs

cpu = p4 2.6

ram = 512

hdd = 60 gig

the thing that is realy bugging me is that i had this pc running perfectly 2 weeks ago as my main pc!!

So what do you advice ?


thanks in advance

Tim
 
lol

You didn't buy that OS. That is a $600 OS for large enterprises. Any reason you are running it on a home machine? You wouldn't be using even a small percentage of the capabilities of a 25 CAL OS. Yes, I'm familiar with Windows 2003 Server. I service networks that are using it on their servers.

No matter, to each his own.. BUT.

For starters I would recommend deleting it. The reason I say it is because you don't need it and XP will do everything you require. Seeing as how XP was running perfectly on that machine it makes the most logical sense.

Rather than trying to diagnose what could very well be something that is OS related for an OS you don't even need, and not even close, why not simplify your life and enable file and printer sharing on a Windows XP Pro rig. Done deal. If your problems STILL don't go away then hardware would be suspect and we could diagnose from there.
 
lol yer i did not buy it.

but i had it working fine on my laptop and that spec are realy skit!!

they are

p3 700 mhz

256 ram

10 gig hdd !!

and my website was runnnig of that for a while now and i do need to use win server as i have a domain and i have 5 or more pc in my house and they benifit from this server.


so going back to xp in not an option


also i have replace all my hardware from my new pc with this one and it still freezes ?? and the only thing i did not replace was the hdd (of course !) and the mobo.


so any other ideas ?

but thanks anyway

Tim
 
Do you have a local domain, or a domain that points to your DNS?

Still, if it was me I would be reverting back to something where you know what you are doing. Just because the OS was functioning well on a laptop (which is kinda funny :P) doesn't mean it isn't having issues with your desktop.

For instance. I upgraded a client from Windows 2000 Server to Windows 2003 server (his bright idea, not mine). He had a dual Opteron server with 2 GB of RAM and a Terabyte of space.

W2K Server was flawless. Put 2003 Server on it? Nothing but headaches. One thing after another. I was getting pretty pissed with it. There was nothing wrong with the hardware. The hardware was mint. It was the OS that was at fault. I got it fixed and all, but what a pain. Of course his entire business depended on that server to function. Without it the entire office was shut down. Talk about pressure.

Anyways, I'm not even going to begin to attempt to diagnose Windows 2003 Server problems over the internet. Not going to happen.

You're going to have to do some research. If you know your stuff you'll know where to look and get the help you need. Start with making sure all patches and updates are applied.

You could very well be having a mobo/OS issue.
 
my domain is set up on my server with active directory so they can login to the server from there comps. What do you think about going to debain ?
i heard its britty good ? what do you think ? i could sacrifice my domain for that ?


thanks


Tim
 
Also it would not be that mutch of a pain as i have partitioned the hdd in two
so my site stays on that


thanks


tim
 
You don't even need a domain. I know what you are doing. Rather than having a workgroup, you have a domain. I have that setup in my office. So in other words you have a $600 OS so that you can have Active Directory and have family members logon to share files. That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me when there is an easier way to do it.

I have never used Debian. I've used Fedora Core, Redhat and Mandrake. I refuse to support any of them. Truthfully, they are a serious pain to get XP machines to properly log on to them and for the server to distribute shares. It drives me mental.

Your family has no need to log on to the server for anything other than share files and possibly printers (I use a dedicated printer server for that). All you have to do is set up shares with XP Pro and map the network drives on each computer, etc. You have no logical purpose for running a server.

See, my main server does more than Active Directory. It also runs my DHCP and the DNS servers as well as host a local website. It doesn't do any file sharing at all. That's what my file server is for.

I wouldn't go messing around with all these different OSes. Seriously. Unless you need them for reference for your career, I would just put XP back on. Not to worry, I would give the same advice to any of my clients in a similar position where they had less than 10 workstations.
 
How would I know? I've never used it. I told you, I don't recommend Linux at all. If you can't master Windows 2003 Server you sure as hell can't master Linux.

Whatever. Suit yourself.
 
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