SBS2008 Server, Active Directory Fails, No users can connect – Trend WBS
Problem
Users complain that they cannot connect to any network shares on your server. On inspection of the SBS2008 server, you may find you cannot launch Active Directory users and computers, Sites and Services or and other AD tools. Additionally this tends to happen every 7-10 days, but a reboot resolves the issue.
In event Viewer you see 5774 and 5775 errors
System Event Log:
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy
Event ID: 1054
Level: Error
User: SYSTEM
Description:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows could not obtain the name of a domain controller. This could be caused by a name resolution failure. Verify your Domain Name Sysytem (DNS) is configured and working correctly.
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy
Event ID: 1054
Level: Error
User: SYSTEM
Description:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows could not obtain the name of a domain controller. This could be caused by a name resolution failure. Verify your Domain Name Sysytem (DNS) is configured and working correctly.
Additioanlly your running Trend Worry Free Business.
Resolution
The issue is down to Trend Worry free that run a TDI driver. This is being fazed out .
Luckily microsoft have release a patch that resolves this this issue
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;961775
For more information on this issue please have a read of..
Credits
Pete Long and Andrew Dorrian
Allen White
Allen is an IT Consultant and holds the following accreditations. MCSA, MCSE, MCTS, MCITP, CCA, CCSP, VCP 4,5, 6 and HP ASE, AIS - Network Infrastructure.
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