can't restart remote server 2003 with shutdown -i?

[Guest geekyguy]

Hi All: I have 2003 domain with a number of member servers. One of the

servers is unresponsive...I can ping it from other computers on the subnet,

but can't access it with remote desktop.

 

I tried to restart it using the interactive shutdown dialog...when I

"browsed" for computers it came up in AD (although I realize that may not

mean anything). However, the "remote shutdown dialog" just hang's when I

select "restart", no matter what computer I try from, including the PDC when

I'm logged in as the domain admin.

 

Is it not possible to restart the server this way? Or is there anything else

I can try?

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: can't restart remote server 2003 with shutdown -i?

 

 

"geekyguy" <geeky@guy.com> wrote in message

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> Hi All: I have 2003 domain with a number of member servers. One of the

> servers is unresponsive...I can ping it from other computers on the

> subnet, but can't access it with remote desktop.

>

> I tried to restart it using the interactive shutdown dialog...when I

> "browsed" for computers it came up in AD (although I realize that may not

> mean anything). However, the "remote shutdown dialog" just hang's when I

> select "restart", no matter what computer I try from, including the PDC

> when I'm logged in as the domain admin.

>

> Is it not possible to restart the server this way? Or is there anything

> else I can try?

 

I have been in similar predicaments. The only solution I found was to

get someone to look at the console and perhaps force a dirty reboot.

[Guest geekyguy]

Re: can't restart remote server 2003 with shutdown -i?

 

>> Hi All: I have 2003 domain with a number of member servers. One of the

>> servers is unresponsive...I can ping it from other computers on the

>> subnet, but can't access it with remote desktop.

>>

>> I tried to restart it using the interactive shutdown dialog...when I

>> "browsed" for computers it came up in AD (although I realize that may not

>> mean anything). However, the "remote shutdown dialog" just hang's when I

>> select "restart", no matter what computer I try from, including the PDC

>> when I'm logged in as the domain admin.

>>

>> Is it not possible to restart the server this way? Or is there anything

>> else I can try?

>

> I have been in similar predicaments. The only solution I found was to

> get someone to look at the console and perhaps force a dirty reboot.

 

Thanks for the sympathy! Fortunately I had a pair of remote hands to

initiate a reboot.