Merv
Tue May 06 05:44:34 PDT 2008
Can you...
Boot into the Windows Menu (F8), select the menu item: "Disable automatic
Restart on System Failure". Then reboot and see if you get a blue screen
with an error code indicating the problem.
--
Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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"srainess" <srainess@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6E09FFE8-FF89-4B40-A406-0DF4C0E488D2@microsoft.com...
> Thanks...
>
> The machine will boot up to the point of 'applying computer settings'.
> I'm
> just
> theorizing that it in an IIS problem. Is there anyway to boot without IIS
> Starting, to verify.
>
> Also, there are 4 files in the Metaback directory, can I use any of
> these..
>
> Initial Backup - created automatically by IIS setup.MD1
> Initial Backup - created automatically by IIS setup.SC1
> SUS20MetabaseBackup.MD0
> SUS20MetabaseBackup.SC0
>
> If not, is the metafile extremely machine specific. If I build another
> machine on
> an isolated network, and name it the same, configure it the same, can I
> just
> take
> the files and copy them over ?
>
> Thats of course, assuming this is actually what is causing the problem....
>
> -Steve
>
>
> "Cliff Galiher" wrote:
>
>> No backups?? Ouch. If it is booting in safe mode, but not
>> normally..that
>> narrows things to a misbehaving service (would usually log though) or
>> misbehaving system dll (such as driver) that obviously isn't getting
>> logged.
>> Normally I'd recommend just restoring the latest system-state...but now?
>> Try booting with debug logging enabled from the boot menu and see which
>> file
>> is last loaded before reboot. Maybe start disabling devices from
>> there...but yeah, if the IIS metabase file was empty, I suspect you have
>> much bigger problems. Might end up having to rebuild. :(
>>
>> -Cliff
>>
>>
>> "srainess" <srainess@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3FB8DE03-B6BB-4C25-BFC3-C7E93A364E7D@microsoft.com...
>> > No backup, as far as I can tell. Would that be causing the reboots ?
>> > Would there be any 'automatic' backups being stored ?
>> >
>> > "Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> If your metabase.xml was empty, you have a big problem. Can you
>> >> restore
>> >> from
>> >> backup?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Marina Roos
>> >> Microsoft SBS-MVP
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>> >> "srainess" <srainess@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:BB77D2DA-732D-4081-BBA0-24D60F5CDE2C@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I can boot to safe mode, safe mode command prompt, and safe mode
>> >> > with networking.
>> >> >
>> >> > Last known config did not work, still goes into loop.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Can you boot to either safe mode or last know good configuration
>> >> >> after
>> >> >> pressing F8 at start up?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]
>> >> >> ------------------------------------------
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>> >> >> -----------------------------------------------------
>> >> >> Please do not contact me directly. Please post only in the
>> >> >> newsgroup
>> >> >> so
>> >> >> all can benefit
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "srainess" <srainess@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:166270BD-01B0-4AC9-A3A3-2BA510DF8907@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> Hello,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Shut down server for some electrical work. When starting back up
>> >> >> server winds up in a loop, with a error 51/Registry_Error. Last
>> >> >> changes
>> >> >> that were done were FTP Service install, and allowance of new IP
>> >> >> address's
>> >> >> for external access' about 2 weeks ago. I can boot the machine in
>> >> >> safe
>> >> >> mode,
>> >> >> so I removed the FTP Service (add/remove programs). Still having
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> problem.
>> >> >> Noticed this error in event log right before machine reboots.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Event ID: 4275
>> >> >> Error parsing XML file. Reason: XML document must have a top level
>> >> >> element.
>> >> >> Incorrect XML
>> >> >> ErrorCode : 0xC00CE558
>> >> >> Interceptor : 14
>> >> >> OperationType : Populate
>> >> >> Table : MBProperty
>> >> >> ConfigurationSource :
>> >> >> file:///C:/WINDOWS/system32/inetsrv/MetaBase.xml
>> >> >> Row : 0
>> >> >> Column : 0
>> >> >>
>> >> >> File was empty, so I just renamed it. Error does not show up
>> >> >> anymore,
>> >> >> but
>> >> >> machine still reboots.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Any ideas ?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Steve
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>