RE: Grayed Out Logon Prompt

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have the same prob with xp pro and it has defeated my feeble attempts at
understanding it

"David Beauchamp" wrote:

> Wow... people are very stupid in reading posts I guess...
>
> If you get the answer please keep me posted, I have the exact same problem
> on Windows 2003 servers right now. Can't always reboot (it's service
> affecting).
>
> I've read that it may have something to do with Guest account disabled
> and/or the use of Non-simple file sharing... but haven't got a chance to test
> yet !
>
> "jason@xxxxxxxxx" wrote:
>
> > Has anyone seen Windows XP do this at the Logon prompt? The username and
> > password prompt is grayed out. It's hard to explain so I'm putting a link to
> > a picture.
> > http://city.bryan.edu/~jason/images/grayed-out-login%20prompt.jpg
> >
> > The problem only occurs rarely, but the computer must be restarted because
> > you can't login.
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can provide.
> >
> > Jason
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