Last Friday I attempted to set permissions on a folder containing multiple folders. I simply deleted one user group's access entry, then clicked Apply and was greeted with an hourglass. Pretty soon I couldn't do anything on the server without extremely lag, and started getting phone calls from users. It lasted a few minutes until I manually hit the power button, because I couldn't even log in anymore, even sitting right at the console--it soft-froze on 'applying desktop settings'.
In the sys log, we have hundreds of these entries per second starting right when I hit Apply and ending with my manual reset:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Srv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 2000
Date: 2010-11-26
Time: 8:55:01 AM
User: N/A
Computer: MyServer
Description:
The server's call to a system service failed unexpectedly.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 04 00 01 00 54 00 ......T.
0008: 00 00 00 00 d0 07 00 c0 ....Ð..À
0010: 00 00 00 00 0a 01 00 c0 .......À
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 34 03 bd 00 4.½.
But only certain seconds. Seemed to have gone in 1-4 second bursts, but still most seconds in a given minute are hit with at least a dozen entries.
Now, I still need to apply this change, but all I could find on Google did not seem to be solutions, just other people saying this or that permissions change took 1 or 2 or 22 or 28 hours of such extreme slowness. I need to make this change at some point soon and I'm wondering what I can do to increase my chances that it won't have to wait until the weekend or Christmas or I don't know what. Our server is not the newest but not too shabby (Dual Intel Xeon 3.2 GHz, 4 GB RAM, around a dozen clients) and is otherwise snappy, especially after recently kicking NetBIOS and other Win98 legacy features off our network.
Does the above event log entry indicate something I could fix to speed the whole process up? (And avoid filling my event log up!)
Update w/kern To answer tony roth's question, it says:
PathName ServiceType Started
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\ACPI.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\afd.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\ati2mpad.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\audstub.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\Beep.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\cdrom.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\compbatt.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\cpqasm2.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\cpqcidrv.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\CPQCISSE.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\cpqcissm.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\crcdisk.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\disk.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\dmio.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\dmload.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\Fips.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\ftdisk.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\msgpc.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\hidusb.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\i8042prt.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\imapi.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\intelide.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\intelppm.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\ipsec.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\isapnp.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\kbdclass.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\KSecDD.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\mnmdd.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\mouclass.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\MountMgr.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\mssmbios.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\NDIS.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\ndistapi.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\ndiswan.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\NDProxy.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\netbt.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\npf.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\Null.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\PartMgr.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\PCIIde.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\raspptp.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\ptilink.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\b57xp32.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\rasacd.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\rasl2tp.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\raspppoe.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\raspti.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\RDPCDD.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\rdpdr.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\RDPWD.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\redbook.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\serenum.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\serial.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\swenum.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\sysmgmt.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\tcpip.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\TDTCP.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\termdd.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\update.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\usbehci.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\usbhub.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\USBSTOR.SYS Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\usbuhci.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\vga.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\volsnap.sys Kernel Driver TRUE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\wanarp.sys Kernel Driver TRUE