Agreed. I can run the VIPRE console on the server but choose to do it from my desktop machine instead. It's rarely open on the server.
Roger Wright ___ Dr. Seuss is my favorite rapper! Cat - Hat... sheer genius! On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > Why on earth have the console running all the time, then? > > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:14 PM, John Aldrich < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Nope... it's not the Vipre server that's the problem, it's the console. >> Guess I'll just have to live with manually shutting down the console if I >> want to reboot the server. It's not that big a deal now that I've decided >> not to automatically reboot the server weekly. >> >> >> >> From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 12:59 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Vipre console hangs server on reboot >> >> how about a "net stop <vipre services>". I can't test right now, but that >> seems like it would stop the console too. there's two key vipre services, >> by the way. If you can "net stop", there's no reason to taskkill >> ________________________________________ >> From: Andrew S. Baker [[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:20 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Vipre console hangs server on reboot >> Well, if they (app vendor) offer no programmatic way to shut the console >> down, and they (app vendor) are suggesting that you kill the task, then >> your >> only other alternative will be an application that programmatically >> manages >> the dialog boxes. This approach will likely be complicated by the state >> of >> the server (e.g. workstation locked). >> >> Process killing is rarely fraught with peril... >> >> ASB >> http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker >> Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:44 AM, John Aldrich >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> I suppose there’s no real reason to reboot the server on a scheduled >> basis… >> THAT server has never had any real issues… As for not running the Console >> remotely, I really don’t wish to install it on another machine as it’s a >> bit >> of a resource hog. As far as taskkill, I just don’t like killing off a >> process “just because”, and that’s what that seems like to me. >> >> >> >> From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:25 AM >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Vipre console hangs server on reboot >> >> A - Why are you rebooting the server on a scheduled basis? >> >> >> B - Why are you not running the Vipre console remotely? >> >> C - What's wrong with Taskkill (assuming you don't wish to address the >> previous two issues)? >> ASB >> http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker >> Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… >> >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:14 AM, John Aldrich >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have to manually shut down Vipre Enterprise Console if I want the server >> to come up on a scheduled reboot, otherwise it hangs the server and I have >> to manually power-cycle the server to get it to work. I checked with >> Sunbelt >> support and they said there is no way to *programmatically* close the >> console when I reboot the server (scheduled task, so it's >> non-interactive.) >> They suggested using Microsoft's TaskKill. Anyone got any better >> suggestions? Server is Windows 2003R2 standard. >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
