Windows – Troubleshooting ‘Windows ERROR — Possible Deadlock Condition”

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I logged into a Windows 2003 Server machine this morning and saw one of those yellow pop-ups in the lower right that said:

"Windows ERROR — Possible Deadlock
Condition"

The server is my file server, other than that there is Symantec AV running on it and Netbackup 6 client.

I don't see anything in the Event Viewer Logs, any recommendations on what to do next?

I know what a deadlock is, but without any indication of where (OS, What application) it is happening, the error doesn't help much.

Best Answer

Are you running SQL server? Exchange? Backup software? Could be a database issue.