I'm experiencing a frustrating problem with a Windows 2003 Server RC2 running on a Dell PowerEdge 2950. I’m unsure which if any of the following details are relevant to the problem that I'm having, so pardon the extensive back story. The primary use of the machine is for running a C# application written using VS 2005 that is listening to market data. At one point the Server was part of a domain, but I switched it to a standalone server on a workgroup before sending it off to the datacenter it is housed in. I use remote desktop to connect to the machine and monitor the application.
One or more times a day the machine locks up and becomes unresponsive. Remote desktop grays out and shows a disconnect icon. My application stops processing incoming data. Even the Windows Performance Monitor Application goes blank for a period of up to 30 seconds until the machine returns to its normal operation. Frequently the windows will be completely rearranged when Remote Desktop comes up again. Periodically, one of the windows will appear on the toolbar, but will no longer appear on the screen as though it has been moved outside the viewable area of the desktop, right clicking it in the toolbar and selecting Maximize will show it again, but choosing Restore will move it back to its off screen location. I've run this same application on other machines for the last two years and have never observed this behavior. The Event Viewer shows two new entries in the Security Log, presumably as a result of my remote desktop connection reconnecting. The System and Application Logs have no new events.
I have tried various remedies that I've found around the web, disabling RSS and TCPA in the registry, disabling the WinHttpAutoProxySvc, disabling Internet Connection Sharing Service but none of these things have had any visible impact.
Has anyone experience similar problems and/or had luck getting fixing them?
Thanks,
Anthony
One or more times a day the machine locks up and becomes unresponsive. Remote desktop grays out and shows a disconnect icon. My application stops processing incoming data. Even the Windows Performance Monitor Application goes blank for a period of up to 30 seconds until the machine returns to its normal operation. Frequently the windows will be completely rearranged when Remote Desktop comes up again. Periodically, one of the windows will appear on the toolbar, but will no longer appear on the screen as though it has been moved outside the viewable area of the desktop, right clicking it in the toolbar and selecting Maximize will show it again, but choosing Restore will move it back to its off screen location. I've run this same application on other machines for the last two years and have never observed this behavior. The Event Viewer shows two new entries in the Security Log, presumably as a result of my remote desktop connection reconnecting. The System and Application Logs have no new events.
I have tried various remedies that I've found around the web, disabling RSS and TCPA in the registry, disabling the WinHttpAutoProxySvc, disabling Internet Connection Sharing Service but none of these things have had any visible impact.
Has anyone experience similar problems and/or had luck getting fixing them?
Thanks,
Anthony