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Workstation dies, possible couse - USB.

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eXtremer

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Oct 14, 2006
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Hi all.
I'm administrating 2 classrooms in each there are about 20 comp. each class has just one workstation with USB Ports enabled (Security Issues).
For a time both computers with USB Enabled die with this reason:

Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt.
\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEMced startup options for windows 2000, press F8

I think the problem is in USB....cose other computers with USB Disabled work fine and never died before.
User Logged on (Restricted Users Group) doesn't have the Priveliges to "Unplug or Eject hardware", when they want to unplug their flash devices, users receive a notification, look here:


My question is, if somebody knows where or how to give Permission to User so it could Unplug hardware...maybe in regedit or it needs to write somethin' somewere.
In Removable Storage Proprietes/Security, the User have the Permission to :
1. Use 2.Control 3.Modify...like Administrator.
Then in Local Security Policy I added User to be able to "Load and unload device drivers".
I already don't know where to look...
Waiting for reply...10x in advance.
 
I had this problem on a 2000 server, it was rough getting it back up.

After searching the first 40 pages of google (the Microsoft KB search is useless) I hit on a KB article that pointed out a hotfix for a server that does this.

Turns out the system hive is way too big to boot (same problem as you), the fix for it was a hotfix that changed the way remote connections 'let go' of the printer once the session is ended.

All the microsoft KBs that say "Just restore the system hive!" are absolute crap. When you do that you have a system that is worse off than a clean install would have been.

This is what your problem is, the system hive is corrupt:


Are there a lot of remote sessions to this PC, or is there a lot of plugging and unplugging USB stuff? Maybe it's just having the same issue mine was with not being able to let go of stuff that should have been let go from memory...

Good luck.
 
Yes captaincrunch00 I know that the problem is in system hive, it's too small, I thought maybe there is a way to fix it, but I think there is no way.
I had an image of C: so I restored the system in a few minutes.
I got a very good Utility : ERUNT (Emergency Recovery Utility NT) ...it's a very good progam it keeps complete backup of your registry. I installed it and backup the registry.
Thanks for reply.
 
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