Pls can anyone help!! I have a Dell Poweredge 1800 running Windows 2003 Enterprise edition. This is a DC which up until 2 weeks was running smoothly. For some strange reason, it just stops responding over night - which prevents anyone accessing this in the morning. It doesn't Blue Screen, or log any events in the event viewer. It just hangs and stops responding. Once rebooted it returns to being ok again for 24hrs. I have run all the Dell diagnostics tests and all hardware is reporting as ok. I have installed all the latest Windows updates, BIOS updates and firmware updates - but still no joy!! Has anyone experienced anything similiar? Thanks

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Did you install the updates before or after it started hanging.
How about any new software installed or updated before it started hanging?
Did you update any drivers?
Perhaps a program is running every night causing it to hang (that should be logged).
Possible virus or malware maybe (from one of the clients)?
Perhaps the AC in the server area (room) is set to shut off at night creating a heat 
issue?
Maybe a heat issue inside the server like a dying fan or simply clogged with dust 
(it wouldn't last 24hrs like that though)?
Maybe it's not waking properly from sleep or hibernate (known Microsoft problem)?

Just a few things to check for.

Good luck!

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