I saw a number of reports in the newsgroups over this one, where servers were hanging up on reboot and other similar issues that sprang up as a result of this.
Almost to a one, the solution went something like "1. Uninstall old version of Powerchute. 2. Install new version of Powerchute. 3. Poof! All better." > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 6:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ActiveDir] Bizarre Behavior - APC Related > > Hi All > > As of last Friday we have had a number of users that have > complained about > logon times exceeding 30 minutes - even with a local DC. > These problems > were all limited to a select group of XP and 2003 server > machines. We have > also had a couple of 2000 server machines that have had > services hang in > the middle of starting or stopping. Changing a service > startup type or > restarting a service would hang the console without doing anything. > > Every case reported so far was running the APC powerchute > software (older > version). They all started functioning properly as soon as > we removed the > APC software. Has anybody else experienced this yet? It > appears to be > related to the JAVA cert expiring on the 27th, although the APC > notification just says it will break APC services - it does > not mention any > affect on users or on other services. > > http://nam-en.apc.com/cgi-bin/nam_en.cfg/php/enduser/olh_adp.p > hp?ISOCountryCode=us&p_faqid=7202&p_olh=1 > > Regards; > > James R. Day > Active Directory Core Team > Office of the Chief Information Officer > National Park Service > 202-230-2983 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
