Terminalserver freezing when i try to log in.   

Hi,

For a long period my terminalserver has worked fine(Win2000 server). I 
connect through a VPN-tunnel and I use "Remote desktop" in WinXP Prof to 
access the server.

Recently the terminalserver hang when I logon. After I put in my username 
and pasword and press down the "log in" butten, the terminalserver is 
freezing. This happens for every remote users. The only way so far is to 
reboot the server. Then it works fine some days and the problem is back.

It did not happend after an update or something so far i can see.

Note: The server works fine for local Domain users. It's only the 
Terminalserver that stops working.

Is it a diagnostic tool I can use for Terminalserver? 

Any hints would be much appreciated.

(Sorry for my bad English)

Thanks,
Spoon

date: Fri, 27 May 2005 03:01:38 -0500   author:   Spoon Bay

Re: Terminalserver freezing when i try to log in.   

I have the very same problem here. I posted a query in this very
newsgroup but did not receive any answer.

So far, what I have seen is:

1/ Nothing is posted in the event log except Event 9006 source
TermService. This looks much more a consequence than a cause.

The problem happens once a week, approximately, making it very hard to
track.

Users already connected to the TS will be affected as well.

The server is a HP DL-380 with two processors and 1.5 gigabytes of
memory. The server is running Windows 2000 SP3 with all current patches
(except the SP4 itself). The users are on a windows 2000 Active
directory. Everything worked just fine for about 3 years until the
problem apeared recently. I think it was some time after the April
Update but I could be wrong.

Just as you, the local console is working just fine and the server
seems in perfect shape from that point of view. However, no user can
sucessfully connect to the terminal service after that.

In the hope of better understanding the error, could you possibly check
if there is any similarities between our two setups and if the symtpoms
are the same for you and me ?

Thanks,
Stephane


Spoon Bay wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> For a long period my terminalserver has worked fine(Win2000 server).
> I connect through a VPN-tunnel and I use "Remote desktop" in WinXP
> Prof to access the server.
> 
> Recently the terminalserver hang when I logon. After I put in my
> username and pasword and press down the "log in" butten, the
> terminalserver is freezing. This happens for every remote users. The
> only way so far is to reboot the server. Then it works fine some days
> and the problem is back.
> 
> It did not happend after an update or something so far i can see.
> 
> Note: The server works fine for local Domain users. It's only the 
> Terminalserver that stops working.
> 
> Is it a diagnostic tool I can use for Terminalserver? 
> 
> Any hints would be much appreciated.
> 
> (Sorry for my bad English)
> 
> Thanks,
> Spoon

date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 02:43:58 -0700   author:   Stephane Grobety am