can't restart remote server 2003 with shutdown -i?

[geekyguy]

Hi All: I have 2003 domain with a number of member servers. One of the
servers is unresponsive...I can ping it from other computers on the subnet,
but can't access it with remote desktop.

I tried to restart it using the interactive shutdown dialog...when I
"browsed" for computers it came up in AD (although I realize that may not
mean anything). However, the "remote shutdown dialog" just hang's when I
select "restart", no matter what computer I try from, including the PDC when
I'm logged in as the domain admin.

Is it not possible to restart the server this way? Or is there anything else
I can try?

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

"geekyguy" <geeky@guy.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All: I have 2003 domain with a number of member servers. One of the
> servers is unresponsive...I can ping it from other computers on the
> subnet, but can't access it with remote desktop.
>
> I tried to restart it using the interactive shutdown dialog...when I
> "browsed" for computers it came up in AD (although I realize that may not
> mean anything). However, the "remote shutdown dialog" just hang's when I
> select "restart", no matter what computer I try from, including the PDC
> when I'm logged in as the domain admin.
>
> Is it not possible to restart the server this way? Or is there anything
> else I can try?

I have been in similar predicaments. The only solution I found was to
get someone to look at the console and perhaps force a dirty reboot.

[geekyguy]

>> Hi All: I have 2003 domain with a number of member servers. One of the
>> servers is unresponsive...I can ping it from other computers on the
>> subnet, but can't access it with remote desktop.
>>
>> I tried to restart it using the interactive shutdown dialog...when I
>> "browsed" for computers it came up in AD (although I realize that may not
>> mean anything). However, the "remote shutdown dialog" just hang's when I
>> select "restart", no matter what computer I try from, including the PDC
>> when I'm logged in as the domain admin.
>>
>> Is it not possible to restart the server this way? Or is there anything
>> else I can try?
>
> I have been in similar predicaments. The only solution I found was to
> get someone to look at the console and perhaps force a dirty reboot.

Thanks for the sympathy! Fortunately I had a pair of remote hands to
initiate a reboot.

[markusda]

fix here possibly?
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...30045&x=16&y=8