can not start Windows 2003 server. Pls help

[Guest yifli]

The screen of 'Preparing network connections....' is sitting there forever.

What can I do?

 

Yifei

[Guest Meinolf Weber (Myweb)]

Re: can not start Windows 2003 server. Pls help

 

Hello yifli,

 

Did you change something before, upgrades, patches etc.? Try out Last known

good configuration or safe mode.

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber (Myweb)

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> The screen of 'Preparing network connections....' is sitting there

> forever. What can I do?

>

> Yifei

>

[Guest yifli]

Re: can not start Windows 2003 server. Pls help

 

I did not do anything like installing upgrads or patches. I'll try safe mode.

 

thx

 

Yifei

 

"Meinolf Weber (Myweb)" wrote:

> Hello yifli,

>

> Did you change something before, upgrades, patches etc.? Try out Last known

> good configuration or safe mode.

>

> Best regards

>

> Meinolf Weber (Myweb)

> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers

> no rights.

>

> > The screen of 'Preparing network connections....' is sitting there

> > forever. What can I do?

> >

> > Yifei

> >

>

>

>

[Guest shimoni]

RE: can not start Windows 2003 server. Pls help

 

unplug the network cable and try again, i could be that it's trying to apply

something from the network at startup.

 

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MCSE 2003

 

 

 

 

"yifli" wrote:

> The screen of 'Preparing network connections....' is sitting there forever.

> What can I do?

>

> Yifei

[Guest Mathieu CHATEAU]

Re: can not start Windows 2003 server. Pls help

 

hello,

 

9 times over 10, it comes from a bad network configuration:

-Bad DNS (not a DC dns, or a dc not having itself as primary DNS)

-Two network cards, but the main one not primary (in the advanced tab of the

network pane)

 

any eventlog entry (error...) ?

 

 

 

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Cordialement,

Mathieu CHATEAU

http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

 

 

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> The screen of 'Preparing network connections....' is sitting there

> forever.

> What can I do?

>

> Yifei