Terminal Services not functioning on 2003 sp2

[Guest Thomas Roes]

L.S.

 

A client of mine has installed SP2 on one of there 2003 servers. From

that moment on Terminal Services is not working anymore.

 

I've discovered the following:

 

- MMC says terminal services is started BUT i cannot (start)/stop/

restart the service.

- net start/stop TermService fail with error 2182 (already started)

and 2191 (not valid)

 

- Eventlog does not have any messages about why terminal service is

not running

 

- There is no service listening on port 3389

 

- There is no firewall issue

 

- mstsc /v:localhost also does not work (The Client could not connect

to the remote computer

 

TCP/IP Trace shows the SYN frame followed by an RST, ACK response.

 

Any suggestions

 

Thomas Roes

There is no one at thomasr1@xs4all.nl

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Terminal Services not functioning on 2003 sp2

 

Mmm, this problem has been reported quite a few times, and I have

actually encountered it myself on one out of 15 identical servers.

 

The fact that you can't stop or restart the TS service is by

design, as documented here:

 

278657 - Terminal Services Cannot Be Manipulated

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=278657

 

So the service is running, but it's not listening on port 3389.

The only solution that I know of, and which solved my problem, is

to delete the existing rdp-tcp connection, reboot the server, and

recreate it (use all the default settings).

This must be done at the console of the server, in Terminal

Services Configuration.

_________________________________________________________

Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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Thomas Roes <thomasr1@xs4all.nl> wrote on 18 jul 2007 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> L.S.

>

> A client of mine has installed SP2 on one of there 2003 servers.

> From that moment on Terminal Services is not working anymore.

>

> I've discovered the following:

>

> - MMC says terminal services is started BUT i cannot

> (start)/stop/ restart the service.

> - net start/stop TermService fail with error 2182 (already

> started) and 2191 (not valid)

>

> - Eventlog does not have any messages about why terminal service

> is not running

>

> - There is no service listening on port 3389

>

> - There is no firewall issue

>

> - mstsc /v:localhost also does not work (The Client could not

> connect to the remote computer

>

> TCP/IP Trace shows the SYN frame followed by an RST, ACK

> response.

>

> Any suggestions

>

> Thomas Roes

> There is no one at thomasr1@xs4all.nl

[Guest krshep@gmail.com]

Re: Terminal Services not functioning on 2003 sp2

 

On Jul 18, 4:48 pm, "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.no...@remove-

this.hem.utfors.se> wrote:

> Mmm, this problem has been reported quite a few times, and I have

> actually encountered it myself on one out of 15 identical servers.

>

> The fact that you can't stop or restart the TS service is by

> design, as documented here:

>

> 278657 - Terminal Services Cannot Be Manipulatedhttp://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=278657

>

> So the service is running, but it's not listening on port 3389.

> The only solution that I know of, and which solved my problem, is

> to delete the existingrdp-tcp connection, reboot the server, and

> recreate it (use all the default settings).

> This must be done at the console of the server, in Terminal

> Services Configuration.

> _________________________________________________________

> Vera Noest

> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>

> Thomas Roes <thoma...@xs4all.nl> wrote on 18 jul 2007 in

> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>

>

>

> > L.S.

>

> > A client of mine has installedSP2on one of there2003servers.

> > From that moment on Terminal Services is not working anymore.

>

> > I've discovered the following:

>

> > - MMC says terminal services is started BUT i cannot

> > (start)/stop/ restart the service.

> > - net start/stop TermService fail with error 2182 (already

> > started) and 2191 (not valid)

>

> > - Eventlog does not have any messages about why terminal service

> > is not running

>

> > - There is no service listening on port 3389

>

> > - There is no firewall issue

>

> > - mstsc /v:localhost also does not work (The Client could not

> > connect to the remote computer

>

> > TCP/IP Trace shows the SYN frame followed by an RST, ACK

> > response.

>

> > Any suggestions

>

> > Thomas Roes

> > There is no one at thoma...@xs4all.nl- Hide quoted text -

>

> - Show quoted text -

 

I had the same issue - probelm was resolved by re-installing sp2 at

the console. Term Services came right up after the re-install. Hope

this helps.