Posted August 5, 200816 yr I'm running Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition SP1 on an HP ProLiant DL380 server with 4 GB of RAM and an array of four 72GB hard drives. About two weeks ago, our server started randomly rebooting itself with the following message: "This system is shutting down. Please save all work in progress and log off.." etc. Shutdown initiated by NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. The specific error mentioned is: "Windows must now restart because the service services.svc terminated unexpectedly." Sometimes, the server does not actually reboot, but the services all abort, anyway. The only change to the server, apart from regular system updates, was the installation of Office 2007. When the above happens, I am unable to log in to the server at the console or via RDP. It takes at least an hour for a login window to appear, and even then, it does not allow me to log in. The only thing that seems to work is powering off the server and powering it back on. The problem recurs a couple of days later. I've been unable to find any viruses/malware, and the Security log does not show any breaches. Any ideas what could be causing this? This is our DC, so it's a serious problem.
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