If you can get to Computer Management, you could start the Telnet service. At that point, telnet to the server and do a shutdown /r. And I mean a standard telnet connection, not telnet to some fancy port.
I suspect you are having the dreaded "rdp doesn't work for some reason" problem, which somehow clears itself up after a reboot most of the time. I know this has been discussed on this board several times, but no one has really come up with a solution from what I've seen, other than reboot and see if it works. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Wahlers Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Split pagefile Laura, Thanks ever so much for all your help. I will be trying some of these things soon, but for now, I'm one of the over 400,000 people in St. Louis without power. My workplace is closed, too, so I might end up waiting it out One question, if you don't mind and have a minute: How do I reboot the server if I can't log on? Many thanks again. -- Larry Wahlers Concordia Technologies The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] direct office line: (314) 996-1876 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Laura A. Robinson > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Split pagefile > > Inline... > > > > > > Thanks for replying, Laura! > > Sure thing. > > > > > You wrote: > > > Are you able to connect to the server via Computer Management? > > > > Yes. > > Then you can use that to reconfigure the pagefile, making > very, very sure > you click "Set". :-) After you've connected to it in CM, > right click the > computer, choose "Properties", go to the Advanced tab, yada yada yada. > > > > >If so, can you see the service statuses and event logs on > > the server? > > > > Yes. I looked all through the event logs, and didn't see > > anything relating to terminal services failures. And the > > terminal services service is started. > > How about the security log? Are you seeing logon failures? > > > > > Can you > > > telnet to the RDP port? > > > > If you mean, can I telnet to the server by name or by its IP > > address, no. But yes, I can telnet to port 3389 on the > > server, and the cursor sits there and blinks at me, but as > > soon as I hit any key, I get back to my command prompt. > > Okay, port's open. > > > > Can you map a drive to a share on the server? > > > > Yes. And, in fact, I have the same 2Gb pagefile on C: that I > > had before, and no pagefile on E: So, I'm thinking that A. I > > forgot to hit the set button, or B. The server got confused. > > The snow might have made it sluggish. (That's a joke, folks.) > See above for > remedy (hopefully). > > > > > > When > > > you say you can't log on, do you get the logon dialog box and a > > > failure to let you log on, or do you get no remote desktop > > UI at all? > > > > No remote desktop UI at all. I immediately get the > > "disconnected from server" message. > > Okay. Try logging on with a different account that has TS connection > permissions. Check the security logs. If you're not auditing > logon events, > you'll need to do that. Check the terminal services > permissions, etc. Maybe > do a preemptive reboot (or just do it as part of that > pagefile adjustment) > and see if anything changes. If none of that works, there's > still more stuff > to check, but I'm tired of typing right now and hopefully one > of the above > things will determine the issue. > > > > > Laura (probably a bit overcaffeinated now; can you tell?) > > > > No problem. I'm snowed in, but the server is running. > > > > I guess what I'd like to do is see if I can reset the > > pagefile and reboot the server, all remotely, and still > > manage to terminal service to it and log in. > > > > Thanks for your help, Laura. You deserve many pats on the > > back, attagirls, and stuff. > > > No problem, and no pats necessary. > > Laura > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.15.2/559 - Release > Date: 11/30/2006 > 5:07 AM > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[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/[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/[email protected]/
