Server 2003 Error/Issue

After installing MS Updates and rebooting one of our 2003 servers yesterday,
I received a ntoskrnl.exe missing or corrupted error. I did everything in
my power to correct this, but to no avail.

I finally made the decision to repair the OS. This seems to have gone
smoothly and the server is back up and running. However, there is a catch.
During the repair, I was asked for the product key. I entered the product
key and all appeared well at first. The server booted up and prompted me
for a login. Upon logging in as Administrator, I was asked to activate the
product. I selected "Yes" and it logged me out and left me at the login
prompt. From what I have read in the MS KB, this is indicative of the
product not being activated in a timely manner. Since this was a repair,
and not a fresh install, this doesn't make sense. Unfortunately, this is
where I'm stuck. The server is up and running, all of the services appear
to be running, and I can map drives via the network. I just can't log in.

Is there a way to activate the product without being able to log in? I
would imagine, since I found the KB article describing this exact issue,
that there is a fix, right?

Any help on this matter would be appreciated.

 

AFAIR, you can log in unactivated server in safe mode.
You will probably have no network connection, so you will have to reactivate
using telephone.


"Mark Finn" <mfinn70*removethis*@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:es3YE2sxJHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> After installing MS Updates and rebooting one of our 2003 servers
> yesterday, I received a ntoskrnl.exe missing or corrupted error. I did
> everything in my power to correct this, but to no avail.
>
> I finally made the decision to repair the OS. This seems to have gone
> smoothly and the server is back up and running. However, there is a
> catch. During the repair, I was asked for the product key. I entered the
> product key and all appeared well at first. The server booted up and
> prompted me for a login. Upon logging in as Administrator, I was asked to
> activate the product. I selected "Yes" and it logged me out and left me
> at the login prompt. From what I have read in the MS KB, this is
> indicative of the product not being activated in a timely manner. Since
> this was a repair, and not a fresh install, this doesn't make sense.
> Unfortunately, this is where I'm stuck. The server is up and running, all
> of the services appear to be running, and I can map drives via the
> network. I just can't log in.
>
> Is there a way to activate the product without being able to log in? I
> would imagine, since I found the KB article describing this exact issue,
> that there is a fix, right?
>
> Any help on this matter would be appreciated.
>

 

Yes, I thought this to be true as well. Unfortunately, that is not the case
this time. I get the same exact response in safe mode. I even found a MS
KB article that supported our thinking, but it is not working for this
issue.

"Dusko Savatovic" <nospam.savatovic@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:u%23M5lazxJHA.1432@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> AFAIR, you can log in unactivated server in safe mode.
> You will probably have no network connection, so you will have to
> reactivate using telephone.
>
>
> "Mark Finn" <mfinn70*removethis*@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:es3YE2sxJHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> After installing MS Updates and rebooting one of our 2003 servers
>> yesterday, I received a ntoskrnl.exe missing or corrupted error. I did
>> everything in my power to correct this, but to no avail.
>>
>> I finally made the decision to repair the OS. This seems to have gone
>> smoothly and the server is back up and running. However, there is a
>> catch. During the repair, I was asked for the product key. I entered the
>> product key and all appeared well at first. The server booted up and
>> prompted me for a login. Upon logging in as Administrator, I was asked
>> to activate the product. I selected "Yes" and it logged me out and left
>> me at the login prompt. From what I have read in the MS KB, this is
>> indicative of the product not being activated in a timely manner. Since
>> this was a repair, and not a fresh install, this doesn't make sense.
>> Unfortunately, this is where I'm stuck. The server is up and running,
>> all of the services appear to be running, and I can map drives via the
>> network. I just can't log in.
>>
>> Is there a way to activate the product without being able to log in? I
>> would imagine, since I found the KB article describing this exact issue,
>> that there is a fix, right?
>>
>> Any help on this matter would be appreciated.
>>
>

 

Yes, I thought this to be true as well. Unfortunately, that is not the case
this time. I get the same exact response in safe mode. I even found a MS
KB article that supported our thinking, but it is not working for this
issue.

"Dusko Savatovic" <nospam.savatovic@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:u%23M5lazxJHA.1432@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> AFAIR, you can log in unactivated server in safe mode.
> You will probably have no network connection, so you will have to
> reactivate using telephone.
>
>
> "Mark Finn" <mfinn70*removethis*@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:es3YE2sxJHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> After installing MS Updates and rebooting one of our 2003 servers
>> yesterday, I received a ntoskrnl.exe missing or corrupted error. I did
>> everything in my power to correct this, but to no avail.
>>
>> I finally made the decision to repair the OS. This seems to have gone
>> smoothly and the server is back up and running. However, there is a
>> catch. During the repair, I was asked for the product key. I entered the
>> product key and all appeared well at first. The server booted up and
>> prompted me for a login. Upon logging in as Administrator, I was asked
>> to activate the product. I selected "Yes" and it logged me out and left
>> me at the login prompt. From what I have read in the MS KB, this is
>> indicative of the product not being activated in a timely manner. Since
>> this was a repair, and not a fresh install, this doesn't make sense.
>> Unfortunately, this is where I'm stuck. The server is up and running,
>> all of the services appear to be running, and I can map drives via the
>> network. I just can't log in.
>>
>> Is there a way to activate the product without being able to log in? I
>> would imagine, since I found the KB article describing this exact issue,
>> that there is a fix, right?
>>
>> Any help on this matter would be appreciated.
>>
>