Unable to upgrade to SP4

[Guest]

Please help!

There's something wrong with our Win 2k server (SP1). I'm unable to
start/stop some of the services. What happens is that each time I press the
start button (to run a service) or stop button (to stop a running service),
the status says that it is "starting' or 'stopping'. But it will just hang
and even after a few hours, the status remains the same.

I decided to upgrade to SP4 to see if the problem can be resolved, but each
time it says that upgrade error. I tried to reinstall the original CD which
comes with SP1, but the problem still persists.

Appreciate if anyone can help, thanks a lot.

 

[John John]

What does it say in the Event Viewer?

John

 

[Dave Patrick]

These articles may help.

http://nam-en.apc.com/cgi-bin/nam_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=7202

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555386/

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:
| Please help!
|
| There's something wrong with our Win 2k server (SP1). I'm unable to
| start/stop some of the services. What happens is that each time I press
the
| start button (to run a service) or stop button (to stop a running
service),
| the status says that it is "starting' or 'stopping'. But it will just hang
| and even after a few hours, the status remains the same.
|
| I decided to upgrade to SP4 to see if the problem can be resolved, but
each
| time it says that upgrade error. I tried to reinstall the original CD
which
| comes with SP1, but the problem still persists.
|
| Appreciate if anyone can help, thanks a lot.

 

[Guest]

I checked in the Event Viewer but could not locate the error message. I
believe that this is because the server tried to stop the service when i
pressed the stop button.. but somewhere in between something happened as the
status remains "Stopping".

Is there anything that I can do to repair the services? Please advise,
thanks again.