Gary, Check doc # 136214.1 on MetaLink.
There are some other non-Oracle reg entries that affect shutdown. Jared "Gary W. Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/03/2003 09:03 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: Oracle 8i Service Shutdown Crashes Database on Win2K Gurus, I am running Oracle 8.1.7.4.1 on a Win2K Advanced Server platform using 2 ZEON P4 processors. The problem I have is that when I stop the Service for the DB (OracleServiceLIMS), it crashes the database instead of performing a clean shutdown. The registry entry is set to allow 5 minutes for the shutdown to complete, yet the system behaves as if the entry is not there. The registry entries are as follows: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\HOME0 ORA_LIMS_AUTOSTART:REG_EXPAND_SZ:TRUE ORA_LIMS_PFILE:REG_EXPAND_SZ:c:\Oracle\admin\LIMS\pfile\initLIMS.ora ORA_LIMS_SHUTDOWN:REG_EXPAND_SZ:TRUE ORA_LIMS_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT:REG_EXPAND_SZ:300 ORA_LIMS_SHUTDOWNTYPE:REG_EXPAND_SZ:i ORACLE_BASE:REG_SZ:c:\oracle ORACLE_CWD:REG_SZ:c:\Oracle\admin\LIMS\log ORACLE_GROUP_NAME:REG_SZ:Oracle - OraHome817 ORACLE_HOME:REG_SZ:c:\oracle\ora817 ORACLE_HOME_KEY:REG_SZ:Software\ORACLE\HOME0 ORACLE_HOME_NAME:REG_SZ:OraHome817 ORACLE_SID:REG_SZ:LIMS The service will open the database whenever it's started, but it crashes the DB when the service is stopped. I have used the ORADIM utility to drop and recreate the service with no change in behavior. Any suggestions would be appreciated. TIA GWP -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Gary W. Parker INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).