Cato,
It took me a while to get to a point where I could safely reboot the server since it’s a live server being used at all hours. I attached the screenshots below, one from before and one from after the reboot. The handles stayed almost exactly the same.
There isn’t any custom authentication on the server, and I rebooted at a time when there wasn’t any file sharing active on the local network, so that leaves the IIS web service as the reason why handles might be higher. I can’t tell whether that’s typical for IIS being active since I don’t have an equivalent server around that I can compare against, but the handles are stable at just under 5k, and don’t increase or decrease noticeably over time.
The screenshot after reboot was taken in the first 5 minutes after reboot. Prior to reboot, the server was online for several weeks – there isn’t any growth in memory or handles over time. I currently connect via RDP and occasionally via VNC with no problems whatsoever, nor are there any authentication issues with any connecting machines on the network or with any of the web sites being hosted.
