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gords:

--- Quote from: "drmike" ---What other software was installed apart from the OS and Office?
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Lots - it's our development web server, database server, etc.

It's looking like a re-install, as it's starting to misbehave in other ways :evil:  Actually, it's due for retirement but I need it for a couple of weeks more for some testing I need to do... :roll:

Blooming computers  :roll:  :wink:

drmike:
Out of interest which database server? I've not found SQL server to do anything odd.

gords:

--- Quote from: "drmike" ---Out of interest which database server? I've not found SQL server to do anything odd.
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It's MySQL on that server - I'm fairly sure it's not due to a software install, rather some problem caused by deleting/installing fonts which included the system ones when it shouldn't have done!

Anyway, if I can get the thing to sit steady and stable for a week or two, it's job will be done and it will be rebuilt [fingers-crossed-helmie]!

drmike:
You may well be right but I can't see it being the fonts. It's pretty innocuous stuff installing fonts and you have tried others to no avail.

I think it's some older software replacing a system DLL without being polite. As I recall 2000 doesn't prevent this as efficiently as XP but as you say if it can hold on for two weeks (you really should have told it 3 weeks you know) then you're home!

You do know you can install a second copy of 20000 on the same machine. I did this with NT and it's something like, install original version, install second version, boot into DOS or something then rename the original busted version folder from WINNT to NOTNT or whatever and rename the working NT folder as WINNT.

Then boot into oiriginal version and you've got a working NT. It's something like that - I had to do it once and it worked just fine.

It's possible you could XCOPY the working 2000 into the busted 2000 and so replace any broken files?

Mike

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