Windows Server 2003 made real progress in the Windows NT family by bringing some critical technologies to market that Windows 2000 Server made groundwork for.
However, these Network Operating Systems are highly complex and can often drive you crazy with strange behaviour, so Guru Guy will share his tips an answers from experience that comes with running a busy and complex network.
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Windows Explorer Performance is poor. (Slow Refreshing):
This is often the case when one (or more) of the following is true. Ranked in Guru Guy's most likely order:
Programs are installed which integrated into Windows Explorer (such as Nero, ZIP programs, Music Programs, FTP etc.);
An Old version of Java is installed (such as 1.2.2, 1.4 or 1.5 aka Java 5);
IIS (Internet Information Services) is installed but not set up/corrupt/mis-conifgured.
The answers are somewhat simple:
Run SysInternal's "ShellEXView" which will show you all of the Windows Explorer Shell integrated programs. Look to any non-Microsoft programs that are integrated and try disabling them, temporarily to see if one of the third-party applications are causing the delays in refresh etc.
Install a later version of Java.
IIS can also be a pain and cause sluggish Windows Explorer performance from my findings. If you don't need it, remove it from the Windows Components located in "Add/Remove". (Be sure you don't have any internal websites or services hosting on your server. Programs like APC UPS, Dell OpenManage, Anti-Virus management, Exchange, Intranets will often use IIS - if so don't do such. Instead, investigate if IIS is mis-configured or corrupt. IIS does not particularly get on well with Terminal Services and it should NOT be used on a Terminal Server.
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After installing Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, the Help & Support service is removed and programs relying on it fail.
Forunately, there is a simple fix to get this service re-registered. To do such, do the following:
Open a command prompt.
Navigate to %windir%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries
Run this command:
start /w helpsvc /svchost netsvcs /regserver /install
Once this command completes the Help and Support service should now appear in services.msc;
Start the Help and Support service!
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"ERROR: The System cannot find the file specified" on reboot followed by a 5-second system beep.
Believe it or not, this useless error message appears when you have uninstalled old versions of Java, such as Java 5 Update 10, (and probably other variants). This error appears on reboot which only appears on the console, not in remote desktop (RDP) sessions.
The error is seriously non-descriptive and says "ERROR: The System cannot find the file specified", followed by a 5-second beep (on acknowledgement of OK):
If you see the above, download and re-install the Java software which will get rid of this useless windows start-up error.
If you are not sure which version of Java you had installed before, check the Program Files\JAVA directory. Guru Guy had 1.5.10 directory so new it was Java 5 Update 10 that needed re-installing and on doing such the symptoms went away! Damn Java!
However, these Network Operating Systems are highly complex and can often drive you crazy with strange behaviour, so Guru Guy will share his tips an answers from experience that comes with running a busy and complex network.
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Windows Explorer Performance is poor. (Slow Refreshing):
This is often the case when one (or more) of the following is true. Ranked in Guru Guy's most likely order:
Programs are installed which integrated into Windows Explorer (such as Nero, ZIP programs, Music Programs, FTP etc.);
An Old version of Java is installed (such as 1.2.2, 1.4 or 1.5 aka Java 5);
IIS (Internet Information Services) is installed but not set up/corrupt/mis-conifgured.
The answers are somewhat simple:
Run SysInternal's "ShellEXView" which will show you all of the Windows Explorer Shell integrated programs. Look to any non-Microsoft programs that are integrated and try disabling them, temporarily to see if one of the third-party applications are causing the delays in refresh etc.
Install a later version of Java.
IIS can also be a pain and cause sluggish Windows Explorer performance from my findings. If you don't need it, remove it from the Windows Components located in "Add/Remove". (Be sure you don't have any internal websites or services hosting on your server. Programs like APC UPS, Dell OpenManage, Anti-Virus management, Exchange, Intranets will often use IIS - if so don't do such. Instead, investigate if IIS is mis-configured or corrupt. IIS does not particularly get on well with Terminal Services and it should NOT be used on a Terminal Server.
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After installing Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, the Help & Support service is removed and programs relying on it fail.
Forunately, there is a simple fix to get this service re-registered. To do such, do the following:
Open a command prompt.
Navigate to %windir%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries
Run this command:
start /w helpsvc /svchost netsvcs /regserver /install
Once this command completes the Help and Support service should now appear in services.msc;
Start the Help and Support service!
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"ERROR: The System cannot find the file specified" on reboot followed by a 5-second system beep.
Believe it or not, this useless error message appears when you have uninstalled old versions of Java, such as Java 5 Update 10, (and probably other variants). This error appears on reboot which only appears on the console, not in remote desktop (RDP) sessions.
The error is seriously non-descriptive and says "ERROR: The System cannot find the file specified", followed by a 5-second beep (on acknowledgement of OK):
If you see the above, download and re-install the Java software which will get rid of this useless windows start-up error.
If you are not sure which version of Java you had installed before, check the Program Files\JAVA directory. Guru Guy had 1.5.10 directory so new it was Java 5 Update 10 that needed re-installing and on doing such the symptoms went away! Damn Java!
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