Hello all. I have an issue that I've been looking for a solution for for quite some time. Our SBS 2008 server seems to hang for a very long time on boot. It hangs on the typical black screen with a mouse cursor. You can move the mouse, but can't bring up task manager with Ctrl+Alt+Del, etc.
It eventually does boot into Windows, but can take around 45-60 minutes. I've tried Last Known Good Configuration etc but no luck with this, as well as going through all event logs with a fine toothcomb but can't find anything either.
I'm guessing that it could be a service or driver timing out or hanging, but if someone could guide me through the troubleshooting steps in order to pin point this that would be great. Unfortunately the majority of my experience lies with Server 2003 based domains as well as *nix sysadmin so I'm at a bit of a loss with the latest and greatest tools to use to identify the issue.
Any replies would be gratefully received.
Best regards