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by grippo

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I have a win nt 4.0 server machine that suddenly would not network.
Our troubble shooting steps were as follows
check that the interface was up
pass
ping the outside world
fail
ping the intranet
fail
ping the local host
fail
uninstall/ reinstall tcp/ip
fail
the machine 's processor will be at 17% (its old) which is normal
then when I try to add a new protocol the pocessor pushes it up to 100%
as I stop services the the process drops
to 80-75 then shoots back up to 100%
thus denying me the cycles to reinstall tcpip
any ideas?
and my email is wrong
its grippon@mindspring.com
or erik@linesight.com

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by thechas

I agree that it sounds like a virus.

So, update your virus definitions, and perform a full scan on the system.

by timthetoolman

Well... it may be a virus...

But also try pinging 127.0.0.1
which is the loopback test and will tell you whether your card and the protocols are indeed installed correctly.

The massive CPU usage could be a number of factors. If its an old machine, does it have enough memory? NT can be quite memory hungry.

Check memory usage when doing this. If the disk is also grinding thats another good indication of lack of memory.

It could also be a hardware problem. Are the LEDs showing on the nic? Have you tried another card?

Cheers,
Tim.

by zlitocook

How often do you shut the server down and have you ran a clean up on it? If the drives are full you can not run any thing on them. What service packs are installed? The ping your self is a good idea if you can not do that replace the nic card and drivers.

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