OS is Server 2008 Standard SP2, Hardware is IBM x3850M2 with 4 x 4 core Xeon & 128Mb Server is running hyper-v with 4 guest servers. This and another identical server have suddenly become very slow to shutdown (>1 hour) and incredibly slow to start once logged in (between 2 & 12 hours) Nothing shows in the eventlogs but the server manager logs show the time period: 2196: 2010-10-19 08:26:47.139 [LoadExtensionAssemblies] No extension assemblies registered. 2196: 2010-10-19 08:26:47.748 [OobOptionalComponentInfo] Loading OCs from registry. 2196: 2010-10-19 08:26:47.748 [OobOptionalComponentInfo] Name: '%windir%\system32\wsmsvc.dll,103', description: '%windir%\system32\wsmsvc.dll,104', discovery hint: 'Microsoft-Windows-Web-Services-for-Management-IIS-Extension', install command: 'ocsetup.exe WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;WAS-ConfigurationAPI;IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;Microsoft-Windows-Web-Services-for-Management-IIS-Extension /quiet', uninstall command: 'ocsetup.exe Microsoft-Windows-Web-Services-for-Management-IIS-Extension /uninstall /quiet /norestart' 2196: 2010-10-19 08:26:47.810 [OobOptionalComponentInfo] Localized name: 'WinRM IIS Extension', localized description: 'WinRM IIS Extension' 4848: 2010-10-19 10:40:03.336 [LoadExtensionAssemblies] No extension assemblies registered. 4848: 2010-10-19 10:40:03.461 [OobOptionalComponentInfo] Loading OCs from registry. 4848: 2010-10-19 10:40:03.461 [OobOptionalComponentInfo] Name: '%windir%\system32\wsmsvc.dll,103', description: '%windir%\system32\wsmsvc.dll,104', discovery hint: 'Microsoft-Windows-Web-Services-for-Management-IIS-Extension', install command: 'ocsetup.exe WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;WAS-ConfigurationAPI;IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;Microsoft-Windows-Web-Services-for-Management-IIS-Extension /quiet', uninstall command: 'ocsetup.exe Microsoft-Windows-Web-Services-for-Management-IIS-Extension /uninstall /quiet /norestart' This happens very soon after login and then the gui freezes for a long period of time then all works normally. Ideas?

Hi, Does your physical machine or virtual machine start slowly? If you boot into Safe Mode, will it be fast? I suggest also trying a Clean Boot to test the issue. Clean boot ================= 1. Click Start, click Run, type "msconfig" (without quotation marks) in the Start Search box, and then press Enter. 2. Click the "Services" tab, check the "Hide All Microsoft Services" box and click "Disable All" (if it is not gray). 3. Click the "Startup" tab, click "Disable All" and click "OK". Then, restart the computer. When the "System Configuration Utility" window appears, please check the "Don't show this message or launch the System Configuration Utility when Windows starts" box and click OK. What’s the result? Tim Quan TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

It's the physical server that is slow. Safe mode is fine. Clean boot I can't try until the weekend.

Hi, How are things going? I have not heard back from you in a few days and wanted to check on the status of the issue. Please let me know how things turned out. Tim Quan TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Status as in my previous reply.

Have you tired Clean Boot?

not had an opportunity yet