Windows 2003 SP2 R2 and slow behavior of EXPLORER.EXE

[Guest Denis Lamothe]

I am currently in the process of debugging 3 servers on one domain (2 DC and

a simple member server) all running on Windows 2003 SP2 R2.

 

I will explain the problem more in details... it all started when i

installed SP2 on the member server. Everything was working fine on all 3

servers before SP2. However, when i install SP2 on one of the servers, i am

getting slow behavior of EXPLORER.EXE getting so slow, that a window opened

becomes NOT RESPONDING... but, if i let it go for a couple of minutes, it

will eventually become active again. I also notice that hitting Start and

Program, the browsing of menu is slow... it's also slow when i Start, Run

and type in something.

 

All those servers are running mostly the same hardware, with 1 gig of

memory. If i uninstall SP2, it's all working very well again. When the

problem is present, i checked disk activity, cpu activity, memory activity

and everything is idle... memory usage is around 350-400mb so over 600mb is

still free. Server is not swapping. If i close EXPLORER.EXE the desktop

dissapear and when it comes back, it's fast again for a while, then it

starts again until it hangs again...

 

I destroyed my domain, and built it from scratch with 2003 R2 SP2 CD and

promoted my 2 DC's again and it's all up and running but still get the same

problem. It's virus free (got Symantec Enterprise v10 Server-Client

installed) and spyware free (no server has access to internet directly

anyway). All fix-packs and updates are installed and working. I have checked

the eventlog several times on all 3 servers, and nothing, there are no

errors and/or warnings about anything on them. Can anyone help me, i am

starting to regret to deploy SP2 on this domain cause it was all going

perfectly before this... now i am stuck with a slow EXPLORER.EXE on all 3

servers... which impacts any work done on those servers, either with

Terminal Server or on the console directly...

 

Anyone can help out?

[Guest Ken Zhao [MSFT]]

RE: Windows 2003 SP2 R2 and slow behavior of EXPLORER.EXE

 

Hello Denis,

 

Thank you for using newsgroup!

 

From your post, I'd like to suggest you refer to the following link and try

the suggestions to see if one of them can help:

Common Networking Issues After Applying Windows Server 2003 SP2 on SBS

http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2007/04/24/common-networking-issues-aft

er-applying-windows-server-2003-sp2-on-sbs.aspx

 

939421: Best practices and known issues when you install Windows Server

2003 Service Pack 2 on a Windows Small Business Server 2003-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939421

 

Thanks & Regards,

 

Ken Zhao

 

Microsoft Online Support

Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

 

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| Subject: Windows 2003 SP2 R2 and slow behavior of EXPLORER.EXE

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| I am currently in the process of debugging 3 servers on one domain (2 DC

and

| a simple member server) all running on Windows 2003 SP2 R2.

|

| I will explain the problem more in details... it all started when i

| installed SP2 on the member server. Everything was working fine on all 3

| servers before SP2. However, when i install SP2 on one of the servers, i

am

| getting slow behavior of EXPLORER.EXE getting so slow, that a window

opened

| becomes NOT RESPONDING... but, if i let it go for a couple of minutes, it

| will eventually become active again. I also notice that hitting Start and

| Program, the browsing of menu is slow... it's also slow when i Start, Run

| and type in something.

|

| All those servers are running mostly the same hardware, with 1 gig of

| memory. If i uninstall SP2, it's all working very well again. When the

| problem is present, i checked disk activity, cpu activity, memory

activity

| and everything is idle... memory usage is around 350-400mb so over 600mb

is

| still free. Server is not swapping. If i close EXPLORER.EXE the desktop

| dissapear and when it comes back, it's fast again for a while, then it

| starts again until it hangs again...

|

| I destroyed my domain, and built it from scratch with 2003 R2 SP2 CD and

| promoted my 2 DC's again and it's all up and running but still get the

same

| problem. It's virus free (got Symantec Enterprise v10 Server-Client

| installed) and spyware free (no server has access to internet directly

| anyway). All fix-packs and updates are installed and working. I have

checked

| the eventlog several times on all 3 servers, and nothing, there are no

| errors and/or warnings about anything on them. Can anyone help me, i am

| starting to regret to deploy SP2 on this domain cause it was all going

| perfectly before this... now i am stuck with a slow EXPLORER.EXE on all 3

| servers... which impacts any work done on those servers, either with

| Terminal Server or on the console directly...

|

| Anyone can help out?

|

|

|

[Guest Greg O]

Re: Windows 2003 SP2 R2 and slow behavior of EXPLORER.EXE

 

On Jul 17, 10:54 am, "Denis Lamothe" <dlamo...@newsgroup.nospam>

wrote:

> I am currently in the process of debugging 3 servers on one domain (2 DC and

> a simple member server) all running on Windows 2003 SP2 R2.

>

> I will explain the problem more in details... it all started when i

> installed SP2 on the member server. Everything was working fine on all 3

> servers before SP2. However, when i install SP2 on one of the servers, i am

> getting slow behavior of EXPLORER.EXE getting so slow, that a window opened

> becomes NOT RESPONDING... but, if i let it go for a couple of minutes, it

> will eventually become active again. I also notice that hitting Start and

> Program, the browsing of menu is slow... it's also slow when i Start, Run

> and type in something.

>

> All those servers are running mostly the same hardware, with 1 gig of

> memory. If i uninstall SP2, it's all working very well again. When the

> problem is present, i checked disk activity, cpu activity, memory activity

> and everything is idle... memory usage is around 350-400mb so over 600mb is

> still free. Server is not swapping. If i close EXPLORER.EXE the desktop

> dissapear and when it comes back, it's fast again for a while, then it

> starts again until it hangs again...

>

> I destroyed my domain, and built it from scratch with 2003 R2 SP2 CD and

> promoted my 2 DC's again and it's all up and running but still get the same

> problem. It's virus free (got Symantec Enterprise v10 Server-Client

> installed) and spyware free (no server has access to internet directly

> anyway). All fix-packs and updates are installed and working. I have checked

> the eventlog several times on all 3 servers, and nothing, there are no

> errors and/or warnings about anything on them. Can anyone help me, i am

> starting to regret to deploy SP2 on this domain cause it was all going

> perfectly before this... now i am stuck with a slow EXPLORER.EXE on all 3

> servers... which impacts any work done on those servers, either with

> Terminal Server or on the console directly...

>

> Anyone can help out?

 

Perhaps just leave off SP2 for the time being, a lot of people are

having trouble with it.

[Guest Ken Zhao [MSFT]]

RE: Windows 2003 SP2 R2 and slow behavior of EXPLORER.EXE

 

Hi Denis,

 

I am just writing to see how everything is going. If you have any updates

or need any further assistance on this issue, please feel free to let me

know.

 

Thanks & Regards,

 

Ken Zhao

 

Microsoft Online Support

Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

 

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| Hello Denis,

|

| Thank you for using newsgroup!

|

| From your post, I'd like to suggest you refer to the following link and

try

| the suggestions to see if one of them can help:

| Common Networking Issues After Applying Windows Server 2003 SP2 on SBS

|

http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2007/04/24/common-networking-issues-aft

| er-applying-windows-server-2003-sp2-on-sbs.aspx

|

| 939421: Best practices and known issues when you install Windows Server

| 2003 Service Pack 2 on a Windows Small Business Server 2003-based computer

| http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=939421

|

| Thanks & Regards,

|

| Ken Zhao

|

| Microsoft Online Support

| Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

|

| Get Secure! - http://www.microsoft.com/security

<http://www.microsoft.com/security>

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| | From: "Denis Lamothe" <dlamothe@newsgroup.nospam>

| | Subject: Windows 2003 SP2 R2 and slow behavior of EXPLORER.EXE

| | Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:54:14 -0400

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| | I am currently in the process of debugging 3 servers on one domain (2

DC

| and

| | a simple member server) all running on Windows 2003 SP2 R2.

| |

| | I will explain the problem more in details... it all started when i

| | installed SP2 on the member server. Everything was working fine on all

3

| | servers before SP2. However, when i install SP2 on one of the servers,

i

| am

| | getting slow behavior of EXPLORER.EXE getting so slow, that a window

| opened

| | becomes NOT RESPONDING... but, if i let it go for a couple of minutes,

it

| | will eventually become active again. I also notice that hitting Start

and

| | Program, the browsing of menu is slow... it's also slow when i Start,

Run

| | and type in something.

| |

| | All those servers are running mostly the same hardware, with 1 gig of

| | memory. If i uninstall SP2, it's all working very well again. When the

| | problem is present, i checked disk activity, cpu activity, memory

| activity

| | and everything is idle... memory usage is around 350-400mb so over

600mb

| is

| | still free. Server is not swapping. If i close EXPLORER.EXE the desktop

| | dissapear and when it comes back, it's fast again for a while, then it

| | starts again until it hangs again...

| |

| | I destroyed my domain, and built it from scratch with 2003 R2 SP2 CD

and

| | promoted my 2 DC's again and it's all up and running but still get the

| same

| | problem. It's virus free (got Symantec Enterprise v10 Server-Client

| | installed) and spyware free (no server has access to internet directly

| | anyway). All fix-packs and updates are installed and working. I have

| checked

| | the eventlog several times on all 3 servers, and nothing, there are no

| | errors and/or warnings about anything on them. Can anyone help me, i am

| | starting to regret to deploy SP2 on this domain cause it was all going

| | perfectly before this... now i am stuck with a slow EXPLORER.EXE on all

3

| | servers... which impacts any work done on those servers, either with

| | Terminal Server or on the console directly...

| |

| | Anyone can help out?

| |

| |

| |

|

|