SBS 2003 Hangs with "Applying Computer Settings"

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I had almost the exact same thing happen on my Server 2003 box and was able
to track it down to the APC software.

In order to get it cleared up, here's what I had to do:
I had to reboot into safe mode, use the MSCONFIG utility, click on the
"services" tab, check the "Hide All Microsoft Services" box, then uncheck
anything that says "APC Server" or "APC Client", etc...

I don't know yet if APC is working on a fix to this, but the problem had
messed up my Veritas backups and I was unable to make any configuration
changes to my server until I cleared this up.

I hope this helps.

Cheers.

Scott McBride, MCP

"Leythos" wrote:

> In article <280B3543-2721-45B6-B9F0-CB35E5CCE064.TakeThisOut@microsoft.com>,
> Megarbite.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> > Could someone help resolve the above error please. Also how do I get into
> > safe mode in SBS 2003 Server
>
> It's been reported that some APC software is causing this.
>
> I have a Windows 2003 Server where the client just installed SP1 (not a
> SBS server) without asking, it's doing the same as yours. They are
> running APC software also.
>
> It takes about 15 minutes for it to actually display the desktop from a
> login, then I can see that the APC icon is not in the task bar. I also
> noticed that Symantec AV Corp v8 is no longer running, and it was before
> the Sp1 update.
>
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