SP2 kills major funtions of 2003 Server Standard R2

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Hi all,

I installed SP2 yesterday, and a whole bunch of features have stopped
working. Help & Support, Search, and Run when selected from the Start button
do not function (I get a message saying "Windows cannot create a shortcut
here. Do you want the shortcut to be placed on the desktop instead?"); the
Administrative Tools, Network Connections, Portable Media Devices, Scanners
and Cameras, and Scheduled Tasks links in Control Panel do not respond; I
have shortcuts on the desktop to several of the Administrative Tools (AD
Users & Computers, System Manager, etc) - the shortcuts still work but the
icons for them have disappeared (they just have the generic shortcut icon).
The specific packages I installed were:
KB948590
KB947864
KB945553
KB944338
KB941693
KB914783
KB904942
KB948881

Anyone have any ideas as to what happened and how to fix this?
 
Re: SP2 kills major funtions of 2003 Server Standard R2

Hello Terry Hall" terryh at cds-sf dot org,

For Help and Support is have used this a lot of times:
http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archiv...r-installing-windows-2003-service-pack-2.aspx

The rest never heard about or experienced myself.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hi all,
>
> I installed SP2 yesterday, and a whole bunch of features have stopped
> working. Help & Support, Search, and Run when selected from the Start
> button
> do not function (I get a message saying "Windows cannot create a
> shortcut
> here. Do you want the shortcut to be placed on the desktop instead?");
> the
> Administrative Tools, Network Connections, Portable Media Devices,
> Scanners
> and Cameras, and Scheduled Tasks links in Control Panel do not
> respond; I
> have shortcuts on the desktop to several of the Administrative Tools
> (AD
> Users & Computers, System Manager, etc) - the shortcuts still work but
> the
> icons for them have disappeared (they just have the generic shortcut
> icon).
> The specific packages I installed were:
> KB948590
> KB947864
> KB945553
> KB944338
> KB941693
> KB914783
> KB904942
> KB948881
> Anyone have any ideas as to what happened and how to fix this?
>
 
Re: SP2 kills major funtions of 2003 Server Standard R2

Thanks Meinolf, but all of my services seem to be running OK. This is just
plain weird.

<Meinolf Weber> wrote in message
news:ff16fb6695e368ca6a4b4eb32230@msnews.microsoft.com...
> Hello Terry Hall" terryh at cds-sf dot org,
>
> For Help and Support is have used this a lot of times:
> http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archiv...r-installing-windows-2003-service-pack-2.aspx
>
> The rest never heard about or experienced myself.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I installed SP2 yesterday, and a whole bunch of features have stopped
>> working. Help & Support, Search, and Run when selected from the Start
>> button
>> do not function (I get a message saying "Windows cannot create a
>> shortcut
>> here. Do you want the shortcut to be placed on the desktop instead?");
>> the
>> Administrative Tools, Network Connections, Portable Media Devices,
>> Scanners
>> and Cameras, and Scheduled Tasks links in Control Panel do not
>> respond; I
>> have shortcuts on the desktop to several of the Administrative Tools
>> (AD
>> Users & Computers, System Manager, etc) - the shortcuts still work but
>> the
>> icons for them have disappeared (they just have the generic shortcut
>> icon).
>> The specific packages I installed were:
>> KB948590
>> KB947864
>> KB945553
>> KB944338
>> KB941693
>> KB914783
>> KB904942
>> KB948881
>> Anyone have any ideas as to what happened and how to fix this?
>>
>
>
 
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