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Server lockup with unknown cause

I am a student, so I have access to Server 2003 for free and I am teaching myself how to run a server with enterprise services for those of you who would say I am in over my head and to use a differnt OS.  The system recently started freezing upon start-up. I've been reading the event viewer, but I can't find anything . As I am novice, I'm not sure if all of my security settings are correct. I haven't installed any new software, all of the software on the server is the server or data files, and when I look at TCPView, I don't see any obvious (to me) bogus connections.  Any help as to where to start to find error information would be appreciated.

Oh, and one of the updates never installed. I've tried everything I can think of, but it just won't install it.  I can get the number if it's important.
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Thanks for the help.  I'm still going through the steps.  So far I have had no luck, as the system continues to lock, but I will keep trying.  Thanks again, and hopefully I will have more positive news soon.
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So sorry that it has taken so long, but I finally had time to finish this, and I believe I fixed it. It seems like two problems I was having were linked.  I had installed EasyCD creator (which I later found out was a big no-no) and then uninstalled it, which left registry debris (bounding filters?) on the system.  I also had installed the windows media server role.  Uninstalling that role and cleaning the registry of the adaptec junk seems to have worked.  I'll post if the problem reoccurs.  Thanks for the help!