Proxy Server Lockups

[David]

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Hello All,

I am having a strange issue with a Windows 2000 Pro box. We are using this
workstation as a proxy server running the Ositis Winproxy software. The
only other software installed on this box is Symantec Antivirus Corp and
VNC. The problem is once every week or two the box completely locks up.
The only thing that will bring it back is a reboot. Every time it has
happened has been overnight or over the weekend. There is nothing in the
event viewer to explain what happened. The OS is on SP4 and has every
critical hotfix. I am not sure if the problem is hardware or software. The
workstation is a Dell Dimension @ 1Ghz with 256M of RAM. Would anyone know
of a tool that can monitor for crashes and shed a little light to the
situation? Anyone have any ideas on how to troubleshoot this issue? Thanks
for your time.

David

 

[Guest]

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Overnights and weekends are usually clues that somebody is plugging cleaning
equipment into the same power drop as the server.

"David" <david@david.com> wrote in message
news:eVYdBPncFHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Hello All,
>
> I am having a strange issue with a Windows 2000 Pro box. We are using
> this
> workstation as a proxy server running the Ositis Winproxy software. The
> only other software installed on this box is Symantec Antivirus Corp and
> VNC. The problem is once every week or two the box completely locks up.
> The only thing that will bring it back is a reboot. Every time it has
> happened has been overnight or over the weekend. There is nothing in the
> event viewer to explain what happened. The OS is on SP4 and has every
> critical hotfix. I am not sure if the problem is hardware or software.
> The
> workstation is a Dell Dimension @ 1Ghz with 256M of RAM. Would anyone
> know
> of a tool that can monitor for crashes and shed a little light to the
> situation? Anyone have any ideas on how to troubleshoot this issue?
> Thanks
> for your time.
>
> David
>
>

 

[David]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.general (More info?)

I wish that was the case. The server is in it's own server room hooked up
to a UPS that other servers are on. Thanks for idea though.


"j9" <j9@1aprop.com> wrote in message
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> Overnights and weekends are usually clues that somebody is plugging
cleaning
> equipment into the same power drop as the server.
>
> "David" <david@david.com> wrote in message
> news:eVYdBPncFHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am having a strange issue with a Windows 2000 Pro box. We are using
> > this
> > workstation as a proxy server running the Ositis Winproxy software. The
> > only other software installed on this box is Symantec Antivirus Corp and
> > VNC. The problem is once every week or two the box completely locks up.
> > The only thing that will bring it back is a reboot. Every time it has
> > happened has been overnight or over the weekend. There is nothing in
the
> > event viewer to explain what happened. The OS is on SP4 and has every
> > critical hotfix. I am not sure if the problem is hardware or software.
> > The
> > workstation is a Dell Dimension @ 1Ghz with 256M of RAM. Would anyone
> > know
> > of a tool that can monitor for crashes and shed a little light to the
> > situation? Anyone have any ideas on how to troubleshoot this issue?
> > Thanks
> > for your time.
> >
> > David
> >
> >
>
>