Issues with windows 2003 SP1

[exntrick1]

My application has been running fine for the past 4 months on Windows Server
2003. After a recent security review I needed to apply a few patches to the OS.
So I installed SP1 and now my site does not work. You can get to the login page
but is you click any links or try and login you lose all session variables but
the cookies are still there. It's like your trying to access the page for the
first time. Has anyone else had this problem or have any Ideas on what I need
to do to correct the issue?

Thanks

Ian

[CFMiguel]

I have run into the same problem. I havd to remove SP1 to get the site back up.
I am using advanced security and authenticating to my PDC for user access. I am
running CF 5.0 on Server 2003 and plan to upgrade to MX6.1, but just can't do
it yet.

Michael.

[big_kolm]

Is it bug fixed by Micromedia?
We use CF 6.1 with all hotfixes on 2003 Server SP1 and after reboot 3-4 hours
all work Ok, but after this 3-4 hours client variables losing, and CF
application doesn`t work properly.
After full reboot 3-4 hours all work Ok again.

Help me, please.

Eugene

[Long Fellow]

Hey people,
I believe the problem is due to the fact that SP1 for windows 2003 turns on the windows firewall by default. Turn it off, hopefully your problems will disappear... :)

[big_kolm]

If you about service SharedAccess, it is disabled. We use ISA Server 2004 for firewalling. Before install SP1 on server 2003 all worked fine.

Any other ideas?

Eugene

[Eugene Krivenja]

> We use CF 6.1 with all hotfixes on 2003 Server SP1 and after reboot 3-4
hours

> all work Ok, but after this 3-4 hours client variables losing, and CF
> application doesn`t work properly.
> After full reboot 3-4 hours all work Ok again.

I cannot find solution.
After changed maximun session time in CF admin from 2 day to 20 min,
server`s life time incresed from 3-4 hours to 8-10 hours.

Can anybody help me?

---
Eugene Krivenja

[RelentlessMike]

Un-install SP1. I work for a mid-sized web-hosting company and we don't
install this service pack on new Windows 2003 builds due to problems like this
arising. We install every other critical update, but not this one. And we
have yet to see a negative consequence of not installing it.

Mike

[Eugene Krivenja]

> Un-install SP1. I work for a mid-sized web-hosting company and we don't

> install this service pack on new Windows 2003 builds due to problems like

this

> arising. We install every other critical update, but not this one. And

we

> have yet to see a negative consequence of not installing it.

Thank you, Mike.

We uninstalled SP1, and now all works fine.
But this is not a best way.
What are thinking in Macromedia about?

---
Eugene Krivenja

[RelentlessMike]

Hi Eugene,

I'm not a big fan of ColdFusion MX's stability (or lack therof), but I
wouldn't consider this particular issue to be a ColdFusion problem. It's a
Microsoft problem. Just as Windows XP SP2 broke lots of things, so does
Windows 2003 SP1.

Mike

[ke4pym]

Have any of you looked at excluding CFMX/JRun from the Data Execution
Protection option thingie-mah-bob after installing SP1? I upgraded a CFMX 6.1
Enterprise-stand alone to SP1 and it worked fine. In the process of upgrading
said machine to CFMX 7 Enterprise-multi server.

[Dwight]

Has anyone been able to successfully configure Coldfusion Server 6.1 to work with Windows 2003 Server SP1?

[ke4pym]

Not sure what configuration you'd need to do. I've got 7 up and running on W2k3 SP1 without any issues.

Getting any specific errors?

[Dwight]

I have not installed it yet, I am resarching first and after reading this
thread it looks like installing SP1 will cause problems. Has anyone else
experinced problems installing Windows 2003 SP 1 on a server that is running
Coldfusion MX 6.1?

[HeloWorld]

Originally posted by: Dwight
Has anyone been able to successfully configure Coldfusion Server 6.1 to work
with Windows 2003 Server SP1?

Yup, I have it running here all fine and dandy.

My steps were :
Ensure Virusscanning is removed from the server - not just turned off.
I found all my cf install issues dissapeared after this step!

I then install CF 6.1(with jrun4) instaled the updaters / security patches etc
rebooting as necessary.
Once CF was installed I re-installed the virusscan software (Mcafee enterprise
in this case)
then w2k3 sp1.

This server has been up and running since september last year - no issues.

[Dwight]

Thanks Gavin!
I think I will try that on the development server ans see what happens.

Dwight