My Windows 2000 Server Keeps rebooting

[myrcgarage]

My Windows Server keeps rebooting after windows update.

Here are what is happening:
When I boot it up into normal mode, right before it shows the logon screen, it gave a blue screen(very brief) saying some kind of a driver is corrupted. It didn't say what kind of driver. Then, it went back to the boot sequence, then blue screen, boot sequence and so no...

Here is what I have done:
I booted it into Safe Mode with Networking in order to try to reinstall all the windows updates again. However, it gave me an error "0x8007041d". I tried everything and nothing worked.

I thought it could be a video driver issue, so I reinstalled the video driver. It is still not working(keep giving me blue screen and rebooting)

What should I do?
Any suggestion is appreciated.
Should I reinstall Windows 2000 Server on that partition again?! This is my last option. I don't want to reinstall everything again!

Please help and any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[myrcgarage]

anybody?

 

[CBR600]

Its definately a device driver.... Can you boot into Windows at all under safe mode? What about if you dont select with networking?

First.. when you hit F8 try not to do Safe mode try "Last Known Good" 99% of the time it will reload the last known good boot sequence and keep it..

If this does not work try:

If you can when in safe mode go to device manager and see if there are any ?

If so remove the device and reboot... If not remove the video driver and networking drivers and reboot.. See if the machine will redetect the driver...

If this does not work you can install windows over your current version.. Like doing an upgrade.. This will save you from reinstalling all applications.

Let me know

 

[stardrek]

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;902322

If you can get into safe mode post some of your event logs. There could be a clue in there.

 

[myrcgarage]

Originally posted by: CBR600
Its definately a device driver.... Can you boot into Windows at all under safe mode? What about if you dont select with networking?

First.. when you hit F8 try not to do Safe mode try "Last Known Good" 99% of the time it will reload the last known good boot sequence and keep it..

If this does not work try:

If you can when in safe mode go to device manager and see if there are any ?

If so remove the device and reboot... If not remove the video driver and networking drivers and reboot.. See if the machine will redetect the driver...

If this does not work you can install windows over your current version.. Like doing an upgrade.. This will save you from reinstalling all applications.

Let me know

Thanks a lot for your advice.

Yes, I could boot into safe mode. Windows doesn't tell me what device is having a problem. Let me try last good boot sequence.

If I have to do a reinstall, wouldn't it wipe my registry and stuff so that I have to reinstall everything? Thanks a lot of your help.

 

[myrcgarage]

Originally posted by: stardrek
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;902322

If you can get into safe mode post some of your event logs. There could be a clue in there.

I reviewed the event log as well, I think it is related to some DCOM couldn't be initialized within the time that it is allowed(timed out basically). I will post some detail message tonight.

Thanks for your help.

 

[stardrek]

I will be out tonight, but a quick answer to many questions is putting the Event ID into google and checking what the resolutions are, usally a link to M$'s own website or checking google groups.

 

[CBR600]

DCOM should not be causing your reboots... DCOM errors are normal (not really but very often) with MS software... You can even turn off DCOM but not adviseable. That error message is normal..

Your looking for device failures... Also there is a setting on the safe mode medu to boot with logging... I dont remember the files name it generates but is in the root of your C drive.. post the file and will look at it and pin point your device that is causing the issue.

Reinstalling windows properly will not wipe out your registry... You will have to reapply all patches and service packs but everything else will remain the same

 

[myrcgarage]

Cool, I will do that tonight with loggin as well. Man, I have been doing windows update "religiously" for the past 3 years and never had a single problem. This is the first time that it is been screwed up so bad.

 

[acole1]

I had a similar problem and "Last good" fixed it when I didn't expect it to.

 

[myrcgarage]

Originally posted by: acole1
I had a similar problem and "Last good" fixed it when I didn't expect it to.

I sure hope so...will try it tonight...thx

 

[myrcgarage]

"Last Good" didn't fix it. I did Logging but I still need to boot it up in safe mode to grab the file. Man, it is pretty frustrated. I will look at the Log and event id later. Thanks

 

[sitheris]

Set your windows update to only download, but not install updates.

 

[myrcgarage]

You mean never install updates?