OT: Computer Question

[Ragnarok]

Does anyone know how to disable the automatic rebooting service in Windows 2K? A tech guy came and worked on our servers and he enabled this and made it so our servers reboot every week and we do not need/want this option. I have looked through every possible screen and program on the machine and cannot find it. I have googled and cannot seem to find it there either. So if someone could please instruct me as to how to do this I would appreciate it.

Thanks!

[Suicide Junkie]

You've checked the task scheduler in your tray, I presume?

[Ragnarok]

Suicide Junkie said:
You've checked the task scheduler in your tray, I presume?

Yeah, checked there and no tasks have been set up to reboot.

Also there are not .bat files on the system to do this.

I will check out the resource kit.

[rdouglass]

Is it maybe a bat file as a Scheduled Task?

OR...

Do you have the Resource Kit installed? Many times they're scheduled using a DOS prompt and the AT scheduler. Do a lookup on MS's knowledgebase for the resource kit and AT commands.

At least that's where I'd look.

[Aiken]

1) Faulty windows. Huge uptimes are not intrinsical to non-server versions of windows (win 2000 pro or XP). Reinstall.

2) Disable Task Scheduling service.

3) Look in autorun folders and registry keys for small scripts (.js or .vbs).

4) Virus or spyware.

5) Try to limit you system & app logs (Administration/Event Viewer). Sometimes it helps.

[Ragnarok]

aiken said:
1) Faulty windows. Huge uptimes are not intrinsical to non-server versions of windows (win 2000 pro or XP). Reinstall.

I should have made that more clear. We run W2K server edition on the machines. SBS to be exact.

aiken said:
2) Disable Task Scheduling service.

What would be the point in this as there are no schedules set up to reboot?

aiken said:
3) Look in autorun folders and registry keys for small scripts (.js or .vbs).

Would be a waste of time. I was in the room when this tech guy set it up but I didn't pay attention to how he did it. But I do know he did not use any scripts or registry keys.

aiken said:
4) Virus or spyware.

Neither. Our system is completely clean.

aiken said:
5) Try to limit you system & app logs (Administration/Event Viewer). Sometimes it helps.

Roger that.

[Ragnarok]

Wouldn't you know it...The one place I didn't look, there it was. The tech guy set it up using APC Powerchute software, our backup systems.

Lesson to be learned for me: Never leave a stone unturned.

[Aiken]

Well, it was ... quite impossible for us to guess