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on another note, time to upgrade 2003 is unstable, EOL already passed, less secure than new products. <br />
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how are your backups? <br />
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I'd budget money for a new server rather than spend time repairing / recovering a 2003 server
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on another note, time to upgrade 2003 is unstable, EOL already passed, less secure than new products.

how are your backups?

I'd budget money for a new server rather than spend time repairing / recovering a 2003 server

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A &quot;previous system shutdown was unexpected&quot; <br />
EVENT happened around 4:30pm on 4/24/15 <br />
and again today at 7:37am, causing my Windows 2003<br />
server to automatically reboot both times without notice.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/916719" rel="ugc nofollow">https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/916719</a><br />
claims that Windows logon (Winlogon.exe) process <br />
does not ignore the Windows logon screen saver <br />
time-out, therefore causing an abnormal shutdown<br />
<br />
The server has the same screen saver settings for 5+ <br />
years, therefore maybe there is something else wrong.<br />
<br />
&nbsp;1. Did you ever have this type of issue on a Windows 2003 server ?<br />
&nbsp;2. If so, how did you fix ?
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A "previous system shutdown was unexpected" 
EVENT happened around 4:30pm on 4/24/15 
and again today at 7:37am, causing my Windows 2003
server to automatically reboot both times without notice.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/916719
claims that Windows logon (Winlogon.exe) process 
does not ignore the Windows logon screen saver 
time-out, therefore causing an abnormal shutdown

The server has the same screen saver settings for 5+ 
years, therefore maybe there is something else wrong.

 1. Did you ever have this type of issue on a Windows 2003 server ?
 2. If so, how did you fix ?

Server ERROR -- The previous system shutdown at &lt;time&gt; on &lt;date&gt; was unexpected ?

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).

Windows Server 2003

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Server ERROR -- The previous system shutdown at &lt;time&gt; on &lt;date&gt; was unexpected ?

Server ERROR -- The previous system shutdown at <time> on <date> was unexpected ?