weird occurances with windows 2000 DC

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory (More info?)

Is this server a member server or a Domain Controller?

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Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012
Microsoft Active Directory MVP

http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com



"freemanguard" <freemanguard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:517EA8FA-04BE-4930-8319-B83CB0077096@microsoft.com...
>I have a windows 2000 server that has the following symptoms:
>
> Cannot intall or uninstall anything... cannot start windows installer
> service
> Cannot view Network Connections Properties
> Random Services in starting status
> Cannot stop/start services
> Cannot change startup options for services
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;307309
>
> have viewed above article and did the resolution and didn't seem to work.
> the symptoms in the above article describe my problem to a tee. Any
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory (More info?)

Opps! I guess it is also in the subject line, isn't it?

Okay, nominate this one for the dumbest question of the week!

Just a general question: have you run dcdiag? That would, however, require
you to have installed the Support Tools already.

Is this the only Domain Controller in the environment?

--
Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012
Microsoft Active Directory MVP

http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com



"freemanguard" <freemanguard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:26D408A9-8D6A-4C4A-A8C0-F0544BEF18F4@microsoft.com...
> Domain Controller
>
> "Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Is this server a member server or a Domain Controller?
>>
>> --
>> Cary W. Shultz
>> Roanoke, VA 24012
>> Microsoft Active Directory MVP
>>
>> http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
>> http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
>>
>>
>>
>> "freemanguard" <freemanguard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:517EA8FA-04BE-4930-8319-B83CB0077096@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a windows 2000 server that has the following symptoms:
>> >
>> > Cannot intall or uninstall anything... cannot start windows installer
>> > service
>> > Cannot view Network Connections Properties
>> > Random Services in starting status
>> > Cannot stop/start services
>> > Cannot change startup options for services
>> >
>> > http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;307309
>> >
>> > have viewed above article and did the resolution and didn't seem to
>> > work.
>> > the symptoms in the above article describe my problem to a tee. Any
>> > suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>>
>>
>>