DRWTSN32.EXE issue ..oh god please help me...

[Wade Eyre]

I am a newbie so if someone could direct me to a resource or help with my
question it would be greatly appreciated.

I have a P2 system running Windows 200 Small Business Server with all
patches and up to dates OS, and for some reason in the last month my
exchange has gone completely out the window. (maybe a contributing issue?)
However, my performance has also gone the way of the Doe Doe bird and when I
look under the task manager, I can see that DRWTSN32.EXE is taking up a huge
amount of resources.

Would anyone be able to tell me how to identify the DRWTSN.EXE issue or
where I might look to understand what is causing the lovely doctor to go
nuts?

Cheers and please help.....

Wade

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[Jnord]

I seem to remember a virus which spawned something causing
DRWAtson to constantly report errors and take up resources.

Have you tried virus scan?

 

[Merv Porter]

Hi Wade:

Some info about Dr. Watson...
Information about Dr. Watson
http://www.computerhope.com/software/drwatson.htm

See reply by Jeff (applies to both WinNT and Win2000)
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...8&q=DRWTSN32.EXE+taking+resources&sa=N&tab=wg


Are there any errors in the event logs?
What SP level is SBS at (SBS SP1, i.e. Win2K SP3)
Are your patches and virus defintions up to date.
Does a reboot clear the problem (at least for a while)

 

[Merv Porter]

Wade:

You might also want to throw this over to the right newsgroup:
microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz2000