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"Ben Scaithe" <> wrote in message
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> We are feeling very frustrated at the moment with our new Windows 2003 R2
> servers. Here are the problems we have been experiencing:
>
> * Terminal Service sessions freezing up and needing to be reset pretty
> regularly
> * Roaming profiles "forgetting" settings such as default printer, mail
> settings, background color, etc.
> * MRxSMB 8003 errors where one of the workstations thinks it's the master
> browser (I have been trying to turn off the Computer Browser service on
> each PC that complains, but it pops up on new ones later like
> whack-a-mole)
> * Occasionally slow Internet access
>
> Let me diagram our setup:
>
> 2 Windows 2003 R2 x64 Standard Servers - one is the DC, one is just a
> member server w/ SQL Server 2005 (for 3rd party database program)
> 5 Windows Vista Business workstations wired into switch
> 4 Windows Vista Business laptops wirelessly working via wireless router
> access
>
> DNS, DHCP, and WINS all are running on the DC. WINS might be unnecessary.
> DHCP sets the workstations to the following:
>
> IP: 192.168.1.x (200 - 254)
> Mask: 255.255.255.0
> GW: 192.168.1.1
> DNS: 192.168.1.10 (the IP of the server)
>
> The Vista systems preexisted the servers and were in a workgroup; the
> servers were put in place one month ago and all workstations and laptops
> were added to the new domain.
>
> I have been chasing these problems for weeks. I spent a few hours a
> couple of weeks ago signing in everyone into each PC to make sure their
> settings followed - which they did at the time. Now again, however, they
> are saying they are losing settings again. Recently I created a text
> document on a laptop and put it on the desktop of the user I was signed in
> as. I logged out and signed in to another laptop, only to find the text
> document did not follow. I logged out and signed in to the original
> laptop, and the file was there again. I confirmed that both laptops show
> that the user's profile is roaming.
>
> The biggest issue is that the owner gets locked out of his Terminal
> Service session on his laptop and then cannot get back in so he can work
> He just gets a blank screen. I am not always readily available to reset
> the session each time this happens, so tensions are high.
>
> I want to think that it might be an issue with the network cabling... not
> that it would make the situation better but that at least it would explain
> things. The other alternative is that there is something wrong with the
> new server, an issue where the workstations are occasionally not able to
> talk with the DC.
>
> One thing I keep coming back to in my mind is during the final setup of
> the DC (after it came up to the desktop), a wizard that I cannot remember
> the name of saw the server's two Ethernet ports and assigned them to two
> different subnets. The problem is that we have everything geared to the
> one subnet, and so we at first modified the port out of sequence to the
> same subnet, which caused some issues. I eventually just disabled the
> port and made sure all traffic was directed to the other port. However, I
> am not sure if there is some lingering ramifications of this. Should this
> wizard be run again somehow?
>
> Other than the MRxSMB error, I see no errors in the logs to go on. The
> DNS Server listed a 4015 error back on the day we did the setup (AD
> critical error), but has not logged that error again in a month across
> dozens of server reboots. DS log is clean and the System log otherwise
> only has TS printers appearing and disappearing as warnings.
>
> Any advice on the issue would be helpful for us, as we are pulling our
> hair out about this. Thanks!
>
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