Unresponsive 2003 Server

November 6, 2007

I'm experiencing a frustrating problem with a Windows 2003 Server RC2

running on a Dell PowerEdge 2950. I'm unsure which if any of the

following details are relevant to the problem that I'm having, so

pardon the extensive back story. The primary use of the machine is

for running a C# application written using VS 2005 that is listening

to stock market data. At one point the Server was part of a domain,

but I switched it to a standalone server on a workgroup before sending

it off to the datacenter it is housed in. I use remote desktop to

connect to the machine and monitor the application.

One or more times a day the machine locks up and becomes

unresponsive. Remote desktop grays out and shows a disconnect icon.

My application stops processing incoming data. Even the Windows

Performance Monitor Application goes blank for a period of up to 30

seconds until the machine returns to its normal operation. Frequently

the windows will be completely rearranged when Remote Desktop comes up

again. Periodically, one of the windows will appear on the toolbar,

but will no longer appear on the screen as though it has been moved

outside the viewable area of the desktop, right clicking it in the

toolbar and selecting Maximize will show it again, but choosing

Restore will move it back to its off screen location. I've run this

same application on other machines for the last two years and have

never observed this behavior. The Event Viewer shows two new entries

in the Security Log, presumably as a result of my remote desktop

connection reconnecting. The System and Application Logs have no new

events.

I have tried various remedies that I've found around the web,

disabling RSS and TCPA in the registry, disabling the

WinHttpAutoProxySvc, disabling Internet Connection Sharing Service but

none of these things have had any visible impact.

Has anyone experience similar problems and/or had luck getting fixing

them?

Thanks,

Anthony

November 7, 2007

Re: Unresponsive 2003 Server

On Nov 6, 8:43 am, anthonybar...@gmail.com wrote:

> I'm experiencing a frustrating problem with a Windows 2003 Server RC2

> running on a Dell PowerEdge 2950. I'm unsure which if any of the

> following details are relevant to the problem that I'm having, so

> pardon the extensive back story. The primary use of the machine is

> for running a C# application written using VS 2005 that is listening

> to stock market data. At one point the Server was part of a domain,

> but I switched it to a standalone server on a workgroup before sending

> it off to the datacenter it is housed in. I use remote desktop to

> connect to the machine and monitor the application.

>

> One or more times a day the machine locks up and becomes

> unresponsive. Remote desktop grays out and shows a disconnect icon.

> My application stops processing incoming data. Even the Windows

> Performance Monitor Application goes blank for a period of up to 30

> seconds until the machine returns to its normal operation. Frequently

> the windows will be completely rearranged when Remote Desktop comes up

> again. Periodically, one of the windows will appear on the toolbar,

> but will no longer appear on the screen as though it has been moved

> outside the viewable area of the desktop, right clicking it in the

> toolbar and selecting Maximize will show it again, but choosing

> Restore will move it back to its off screen location. I've run this

> same application on other machines for the last two years and have

> never observed this behavior. The Event Viewer shows two new entries

> in the Security Log, presumably as a result of my remote desktop

> connection reconnecting. The System and Application Logs have no new

> events.

>

> I have tried various remedies that I've found around the web,

> disabling RSS and TCPA in the registry, disabling the

> WinHttpAutoProxySvc, disabling Internet Connection Sharing Service but

> none of these things have had any visible impact.

>

> Has anyone experience similar problems and/or had luck getting fixing

> them?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Anthony

I had similar problems - it was the Broadcom Driver that was causing

the issue. I just had to go to add/remove programs - uninstall the

application and then reboot and reinstall the application. That fixed

my problem.

John

November 7, 2007

Re: Unresponsive 2003 Server

So, was it a newer version of the driver or just a corrupted copy of

the old one? I currently have the following drivers for the network

adapters:

Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE (NDIS VBD Client)

bxndcox.dll File version: 3.0.0.0

bxnd52x.sys File version: 3.0.5.0 built by: WinDDK

Which drivers are working for you?

Thanks,

Anthony

On Nov 7, 3:13 am, "jclu...@gmail.com" <jclu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Nov 6, 8:43 am, anthonybar...@gmail.com wrote:

>

> > I'm experiencing a frustrating problem with a Windows 2003 Server RC2

> > running on a Dell PowerEdge 2950. I'm unsure which if any of the

> > following details are relevant to the problem that I'm having, so

> > pardon the extensive back story. The primary use of the machine is

> > for running a C# application written using VS 2005 that is listening

> > to stock market data. At one point the Server was part of a domain,

> > but I switched it to a standalone server on a workgroup before sending

> > it off to the datacenter it is housed in. I use remote desktop to

> > connect to the machine and monitor the application.

>

> > One or more times a day the machine locks up and becomes

> > unresponsive. Remote desktop grays out and shows a disconnect icon.

> > My application stops processing incoming data. Even the Windows

> > Performance Monitor Application goes blank for a period of up to 30

> > seconds until the machine returns to its normal operation. Frequently

> > the windows will be completely rearranged when Remote Desktop comes up

> > again. Periodically, one of the windows will appear on the toolbar,

> > but will no longer appear on the screen as though it has been moved

> > outside the viewable area of the desktop, right clicking it in the

> > toolbar and selecting Maximize will show it again, but choosing

> > Restore will move it back to its off screen location. I've run this

> > same application on other machines for the last two years and have

> > never observed this behavior. The Event Viewer shows two new entries

> > in the Security Log, presumably as a result of my remote desktop

> > connection reconnecting. The System and Application Logs have no new

> > events.

>

> > I have tried various remedies that I've found around the web,

> > disabling RSS and TCPA in the registry, disabling the

> > WinHttpAutoProxySvc, disabling Internet Connection Sharing Service but

> > none of these things have had any visible impact.

>

> > Has anyone experience similar problems and/or had luck getting fixing

> > them?

>

> > Thanks,

>

> > Anthony

>

> I had similar problems - it was the Broadcom Driver that was causing

> the issue. I just had to go to add/remove programs - uninstall the

> application and then reboot and reinstall the application. That fixed

> my problem.

>

> John

November 12, 2007

Re: Unresponsive 2003 Server

So, I've disabled the two Broadcom cards, and installed an Intel PRO/

1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter on my machine, and I'm still getting

the same symptoms. Does anyone have any other ideas what is going on

here?