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Re: Windows 7/2008 not connecting to network...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doughty, Marc)
Wed Oct 12 15:58:44 2011
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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:56:17 -0400
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Before anything else, I would definitely boot to a PE disk, download a fres=
h
copy of 'Microsoft Security Scanner' and run it against a machine with this
problem. That's an interesting combination of issues to have solely from a
Windows Update.
- Marc Doughty
"If you aren't sure who is the give-way vessel, you are the give-way
vessel."
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Adeel Siddiqui <asiddiqui@usao.edu> wrote:
> We have a strange issue going on our campus that=92s causing our Windows =
7
> computers and Windows 2008 servers to completely lose network connectivit=
y.
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> This is only happening to computers that are connected to the domain. ***=
*
>
> ** **
>
> The issue seems to have started a few weeks ago after the last round of
> Windows Updates were installed on those computers. As a result, the Windo=
ws
> Firewall services and its dependency services all got turned off on those
> computers and can=92t be re-enabled either. Also, RDP access to those
> computers won=92t work either. I suspected a group policy of some sort mi=
ght
> be the cause but we use little to no group policy administration on our
> campus at all. Upon further investigation, we found that there seems to b=
e
> some cause to this due to some registry permissions that seemed to have
> changed after the aforementioned Windows Updates were installed. I have a
> feeling that the problem lies with how the computers are authenticating t=
o
> the domain, but can=92t confirm that prognosis.****
>
> ** **
>
> I=92ve tried everything to fix this issue from changing group policy
> settings, to removing/re-adding the computers to the domain. Nothing seem=
s
> to have worked permanently or at least completely. We have managed to do
> some on the spot *MacGyvering* to fix the issue (i.e. manually applying
> administrative permissions to certain keys in the registry on those
> computers as suggested by a few online articles) but they are temporary
> band-aids at best. ****
>
> ** **
>
> Has anyone else run into this? Any permanent fixes/solutions that you can
> suggest?****
>
> ** **
>
>
> regards,
> *Adeel Siddiqui**
> *
> *Network Administrator <http://www.usao.edu/staff/adeel-siddiqui>**
> *Information, Research and Network Services
> *University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma <http://www.usao.edu/>*
> Chickasha, OK 73018
> (405) 574-1319
> *asiddiqui@usao.edu* ****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
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Before anything else, I would definitely boot to a PE disk, download a fres=
h copy of 'Microsoft Security Scanner' and run it against a machine=
with this problem. That's an interesting combination of issues to have=
solely from a Windows Update.<br clear=3D"all">
<br>- Marc Doughty<br>"If you aren't sure who is the give-way vess=
el, you are the give-way vessel."<br>
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Adeel S=
iddiqui <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:asiddiqui@usao.edu">asiddiq=
ui@usao.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple" lang=3D"EN-US"><div><p class=3D"MsoNorm=
al">We have a strange issue going on our campus that=92s causing our Window=
s 7 computers and Windows 2008 servers to completely lose network connectiv=
ity. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">This is =
only happening to computers that are connected to the domain. <u></u><u></u=
></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">The=
issue seems to have started a few weeks ago after the last round of Window=
s Updates were installed on those computers. As a result, the Windows Firew=
all services and its dependency services all got turned off on those comput=
ers and can=92t be re-enabled either. Also, RDP access to those computers w=
on=92t work either. I suspected a group policy of some sort might be the ca=
use but we use little to no group policy administration on our campus at al=
l. Upon further investigation, we found that there seems to be some cause t=
o this due to some registry permissions that seemed to have changed after t=
he aforementioned Windows Updates were installed. I have a feeling that the=
problem lies with how the computers are authenticating to the domain, but =
can=92t confirm that prognosis.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I=92ve t=
ried everything to fix this issue from changing group policy settings, to r=
emoving/re-adding the computers to the domain. Nothing seems to have worked=
permanently or at least completely. We have managed to do some on the spot=
<i>MacGyvering</i> to fix the issue (i.e. manually applying administrative=
permissions to certain keys in the registry on those computers as suggeste=
d by a few online articles) but they are temporary band-aids at best. <u></=
u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Has anyo=
ne else run into this? Any permanent fixes/solutions that you can suggest?<=
u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"Ms=
oNormal">
<span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt"><br></span>regards,<span style=3D"font-siz=
e:10.0pt"><br></span><i><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Adeel =
Siddiqui</span></i><b><i><span style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><br><=
/span></i></b><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt"><br>
</span><i><span style=3D"font-size:8.0pt"><a href=3D"http://www.usao.edu/st=
aff/adeel-siddiqui" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"color:blue">Network Ad=
ministrator</span></a></span></i><i><span style=3D"font-size:8.0pt"><br></s=
pan></i><span style=3D"font-size:8.0pt">Information, Research and Network S=
ervices<br>
<b><a href=3D"http://www.usao.edu/" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"color:=
blue">University=A0of Science and Arts of Oklahoma</span></a></b><br>Chicka=
sha, OK 73018</span><span style=3D"font-size:8.0pt"> <span style=3D"color:#=
1F497D"><br>
</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:8.0pt"><a href=3D"tel:%28405%29%2057=
4-1319" value=3D"+14055741319" target=3D"_blank">(405) 574-1319</a><br><u><=
span style=3D"color:black"><a href=3D"mailto:asiddiqui@usao.edu" target=3D"=
_blank"><span style=3D"color:blue">asiddiqui@usao.edu</span></a></span></u>=
</span><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=
=A0<u></u></p></div></div>_________________________________________________=
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