Server resets every night

[Bishop2]

Every morning when i come in to work, I always have to log the server back on to the network.. I look in event viewer it just tells me that the server shuts down (nothing useful as usual) I was just curious if anyone knows what could be causing this to happen?!

 

[pbxman]

It's probably power probs, NIC probs, or STOP errors....you should enable auto login for the server.

I'll instruct you how if you need me to..this way - any reboot will automatically log the server back on - just like a server should do.

It is most common for a server class machine to recover itself completely after a mis-hap - and logging itself back in is part of that.

 

[donafran]

pbxman --- PLEASE PLEASE help with instructions for setting an NT server for Auto log on....

We are having an issue with off-hours applications that run using "Windows User Id and Password", but when the server reboots, and is sitting waiting for someone to ALT-CTL-DLT to log on, those apps don't have a Windows Id to reference, and nothing runs until I physically log on to the server again. If we could get auto log on to work, those issues would be solved !!

 

[pbxman]

donafran,

Heh - been a while since i've loggen on to Tek-Tips

Anyway, here's how:

1)open regedit on the server
2) go to: hklm/software/microfost/windowsNT/current version/Winlogon

Add in these type Reg_SZ values:
DefaultUserName="XXXXXXX"
DefaultDomainName="XXXXXX"
DefaultPassword="XXXXXXXX"
AutoAdminLogon="1"

just fill in the values to suit your network, and you're done.

Hope that helps.. pbxman
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[crazyadmin]

While that is a good suggestion, I just found that TweakUI 1.33 will do the same, however it will write the registry keys encrypted so they cannot be read. This way you do not have to enter your password in plain text. TweakUI is just a small util from MS and does not take up any resources.

 

[ANormal]

Look at the time stamps in the event log. Make sure the power is connected where it needs to be. I worked for a company once where a server was mistakenly plugged into a socket that went to a common light switch. Every nioght around the same time, the server would bounce. That was because the night watchman shut off that particular light switch during his rounds and the one server would go down with it.