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by jlbpotter

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I had a Windows 2000 Domain Controller freeze up yesterday. It ran out of Paged Pool memory. Reference the following article at MS for the reason why. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312362&Product=win2000.
I was able to do a soft shutdown and reboot and all users were able to connect back to the server with no issues. The only problem that I am having now is with users that had open files to the server when it locked up. Their PCs are now dragging. It isn't just when they open files on the server. Even if they open files on their local harddrive it will take up to a minute to open a small Excel file. Does anyone have an idea what could be causing this. Thank you in advance for your help. FYI, the PCs are all either Windows 2000 Pro or XP Pro.

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by w2ktechman

Is it happening from many programs, or just MS Office programs. If it is just office programs, run detect and repair, it may help. If it is from many other programs, try unplugging the LAN line and reboot. Log in with cached info and see if the problem persists locally. If not, try rebooting and plugging the LAN back in, first check the local files, then try network files if the locals are ok.
If these dont work, please give more info.

by jlbpotter

The problem is with both local files and with files on the server. And it isn't just with the files themselves. On certain PCs I can double click on "My Computer" and the window will open, but it will take sometimes up to a minute to show the "C:" drive and the cdrom. I have determined though that it is a network issue causing the problem. If I unplug the network cable everything works fine, even without a reboot. But as soon as I plug the network cable back in things slow down again. And this is only on the PCs that had open files to the server when it locked up. I have done a detect and repair and even a reinstall for the office Apps and this doesn't fix it. I am considering resetting all of my switches, I just have to find time to do it. If you have any other ideas please advise. Thanks again.

by jlbpotter

If anyone has any ideas on this I would appreciate it. Currently I am taking one PC at a time and formatting them and restoring them to their original configuration.

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