Guest Dean Cleaver Posted April 20, 2008 Posted April 20, 2008 I have a new Windows 2008 X64 server that has decided it's network is now non-functional. Almost nothing works any more (no remote desktop, Exchange etc are all non functional) and the network connectivity icon indicates it's not connected - however I can ping it from a client machine. Network and Sharing center will not open. Exchange services will not start - it's pretty much hosed my box (and I only built it today, so ther are no backups). Any suggestions on what to do or try? Detect and repair fails miserably. I don't know of any other way of trying to fix the issue.
Guest Kerry Brown Posted April 20, 2008 Posted April 20, 2008 Re: Windows Server 2008 non-functional network Are there any errors in the event logs? -- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ "Dean Cleaver" <dean.cleaver@panties.xceptionsoftware.com> wrote in message news:CC9509B9-3F89-4FAB-8C39-305D322B4AA5@microsoft.com... >I have a new Windows 2008 X64 server that has decided it's network is now >non-functional. Almost nothing works any more (no remote desktop, Exchange >etc are all non functional) and the network connectivity icon indicates >it's not connected - however I can ping it from a client machine. > > Network and Sharing center will not open. Exchange services will not > start - it's pretty much hosed my box (and I only built it today, so ther > are no backups). Any suggestions on what to do or try? Detect and repair > fails miserably. I don't know of any other way of trying to fix the issue.
Guest Dean Cleaver Posted April 20, 2008 Posted April 20, 2008 Re: Windows Server 2008 non-functional network There were 100s - I didn't even know where to start. I had just removed AD from the old 2003 server when it happened. I looked in the registry, and noticed the nameservers were still configured to the old server, so changed them (in registry because I couldn't open the network configuration) and then rebooted - it took so long I went to bed. It seemed to come back up ok, but I still had problems with exchange, so I've rebooted agan... and magically something has decided to install updates, and it's now stuck at "Configuring Updates Stage 1 of 3 - 0% complete" and has been for about half an hour, so looks like it's royally hosed now. Dino "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message news:954A7672-C3D5-4B34-947B-86BF34D20D16@microsoft.com... > Are there any errors in the event logs? > > -- > Kerry Brown > MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration > http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ > > > > "Dean Cleaver" <dean.cleaver@panties.xceptionsoftware.com> wrote in > message news:CC9509B9-3F89-4FAB-8C39-305D322B4AA5@microsoft.com... >>I have a new Windows 2008 X64 server that has decided it's network is now >>non-functional. Almost nothing works any more (no remote desktop, Exchange >>etc are all non functional) and the network connectivity icon indicates >>it's not connected - however I can ping it from a client machine. >> >> Network and Sharing center will not open. Exchange services will not >> start - it's pretty much hosed my box (and I only built it today, so ther >> are no backups). Any suggestions on what to do or try? Detect and repair >> fails miserably. I don't know of any other way of trying to fix the >> issue. >
Guest Kerry Brown Posted April 20, 2008 Posted April 20, 2008 Re: Windows Server 2008 non-functional network Depending on the update 1/2 hour wouldn't be unusual. It sounds like you had one 2003 DC, installed a 2008 DC, then removed the 2003 DC. Is this correct? Can you detail the steps you took and after which step the problems started? -- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ "Dean Cleaver" <dean.cleaver@panties.xceptionsoftware.com> wrote in message news:%233sdtJyoIHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > There were 100s - I didn't even know where to start. I had just removed AD > from the old 2003 server when it happened. I looked in the registry, and > noticed the nameservers were still configured to the old server, so > changed them (in registry because I couldn't open the network > configuration) and then rebooted - it took so long I went to bed. > > It seemed to come back up ok, but I still had problems with exchange, so > I've rebooted agan... and magically something has decided to install > updates, and it's now stuck at "Configuring Updates Stage 1 of 3 - 0% > complete" and has been for about half an hour, so looks like it's royally > hosed now. > > Dino > > "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message > news:954A7672-C3D5-4B34-947B-86BF34D20D16@microsoft.com... >> Are there any errors in the event logs? >> >> -- >> Kerry Brown >> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration >> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ >> >> >> >> "Dean Cleaver" <dean.cleaver@panties.xceptionsoftware.com> wrote in >> message news:CC9509B9-3F89-4FAB-8C39-305D322B4AA5@microsoft.com... >>>I have a new Windows 2008 X64 server that has decided it's network is now >>>non-functional. Almost nothing works any more (no remote desktop, >>>Exchange etc are all non functional) and the network connectivity icon >>>indicates it's not connected - however I can ping it from a client >>>machine. >>> >>> Network and Sharing center will not open. Exchange services will not >>> start - it's pretty much hosed my box (and I only built it today, so >>> ther are no backups). Any suggestions on what to do or try? Detect and >>> repair fails miserably. I don't know of any other way of trying to fix >>> the issue. >> >
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