Unresponsive 2003 Server

[anthon...@gmail.com]

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 stock 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

[jcl...@gmail.com]

I had similar problems - it was the Broadcom Driver that was causing
the issue. I just had to go to add/remove programs - uninstall the
application and then reboot and reinstall the application. That fixed
my problem.

John

[anthon...@gmail.com]

So, was it a newer version of the driver or just a corrupted copy of
the old one? I currently have the following drivers for the network
adapters:

Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE (NDIS VBD Client)

bxndcox.dll File version: 3.0.0.0
bxnd52x.sys File version: 3.0.5.0 built by: WinDDK

Which drivers are working for you?

Thanks,

Anthony

[anthon...@gmail.com]

So, I've disabled the two Broadcom cards, and installed an Intel PRO/
1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter on my machine, and I'm still getting
the same symptoms. Does anyone have any other ideas what is going on
here?

Thanks,

Anthony

On Nov 7, 3:13 am, "jclu...@gmail.com" <jclu...@gmail.com> wrote: