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i am getting the 1054 error on the domain controller itself, &nbsp; tried netdiag /fix, still no luck. &nbsp;any ideas?
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What is the source of the 1054 error - it can just indicate the DHCP server shutting down, which may be normal if the server is shutting down. See <a href="http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1054&source=" rel="ugc">http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1054&source=</a>
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no, it happens randomly throughout the day. still trying to find the cause
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whenever i reboot my server (ad server, exchange, dns, dhcp), it takes around 15 minutes to shut down, and then once it reboots, it take 15-25 minutes for me to get to a login prompt. &nbsp;what is causing it to take so long?
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whenever i reboot my server (ad server, exchange, dns, dhcp), it takes around 15 minutes to shut down, and then once it reboots, it take 15-25 minutes for me to get to a login prompt.  what is causing it to take so long?

i am getting the 1054 error on the domain controller itself,   tried netdiag /fix, still no luck.  any ideas?

What is the source of the 1054 error - it can just indicate the DHCP server shutting down, which may be normal if the server is shutting down. See http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1054&amp;source=

no, it happens randomly throughout the day. still trying to find the cause

Microsoft, Server, 2003--Shutting down and boot up take 30-40 minutes

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).