heating problem?? IE and task bar haywire

[ellsanto]

I have a client that can run her PC for weeks, without having a serious problem. She logs into my SBS 2003 server every morning and logs off every night.

But, if for whatever reason, she has to reboot during the day, she can log in to the network but her task bar(XP) does not function. The pointer turns to the good ole hourglass, her quick launch shortcuts are gone, and the system tray does not load properly. Also, IE will not load any website, internal or external.

My initial thought was a heat/cooling problem. All fans are in running order.

Any ideas?

ellsanto

 

[acewarlock]

Did you try leaving it off for a few min to see if it was a heat problem?




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[ellsanto]

Thanks for the reply, ace.

Yes, I left if off for an hour or two. Still the same issue.

New info:
I failed to notice the "DC not available" error in the event log. So the client was not logging in.

I changed the network cable and she is up and running fine. I am going to do some testing after hours to see if I can duplicated the error with the new cable. I doubt that it was just a faulty cat 5. You never know though...

I'll post my results later...

ellsanto

 

[ceh4702]

Maybe this is a network issue like only booting up as a workstation or a bad connection from a network cable.

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[ellsanto]

I was able to duplicate the problem. After an afternoon of diagnostics, I just wiped the os and reinstalled.
Of course all is good now.

Since we use roaming profiles, I couldnt see wasting more time troubleshooting.

Thanks for the relpies, ceh and ace.

ellsanto