Server Users

[Stryker]

This one is more for people on here who run a Server Environment, especially one that runs the exchange services (like I do).

 

You will notice when your reboot/switch the server off, it takes what seems like an eternity to do. If its anything like mine, then it can be 5 minutes before the reboot/switch off occurs.

 

After some troubleshooting, I managed to come to the conclusion that the delay is caused by Exchange Services stopping. Therefore in order to cut the time down considerably, you can create a simple batch file which contains uses the NET STOP commands.

 

It would look something like this (type this into a notepad file and save it with a file extension of .bat:

 

NET STOP "Microsoft Exchange IMAP4"

NET STOP "Microsoft Exchange Information Store"

 

Repeat this line for each MS Exchange service that runs.

 

Before rebooting the server, run the batch file, which takes about 50 seconds to complete. It cuts the reboot time significantly.

 

Stryker