Re: Can't log on to Domain after installing Fax Services

From: Stewart Smith (NOSMTP)
Date: 04/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:58:58 +0100

Hi Anand,

There are no connections to remote fax printers nor are there any faxes
waiting to be sent.
However, it would seem that if I set the service to Manual then, yes, I can
log in ok. If I then try to start the service manually then it starts fine.
I am happy to use it like this as the service actually starts by itself if I
try to send a fax. However, I am still curious to know what is causing this.

Many thanks,
Stewart

"Ananda Sarkar [MSFT]" <anandsar@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:e6tkuOEKEHA.2756@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> If you turn the Fax Service as Manual Start from Service Control Manager,
> can you log in?
> Do you have some existing connections to remote shared fax printers? (Go
to
> Start | Printers & Faxes to find this out)
> Open Fax Client console and check whether there are any faxes in Outbox
> waiting to be sent.
>
> Thanks,
> Anand
>
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> "Stewart Smith" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:e4R2zZlIEHA.3820@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > I am using XPPro connected to an NT4 domain. Everything works fine until
I
> > install Fax Services, afterwhich I can no longer log on to the domain
> after
> > starting up. It gets as far as the 'Loading your personal settings'
dialog
> > box and then just hangs there. The PC hasn't actually stopped responding
> as
> > there is still disk activity and the colour bar still slides at the
bottom
> > of this dialog box. I have tried every combination of keys I can think
of
> > but nothing will take it beyond this point. (i.e. CTRL-ALT-DEL, ALT-TAB,
> > CTRL-TAB, ESC, ALT-ESC, PWR button etc etc). The only option is to turn
it
> > off completely at the switch. The only subsequent entry in the event log
> is
> > the 'Couldn't find a domain server' one (or words to that effect)
> >
> > If I log on as a local administrator then it logs on fine. I can then
log
> > off (without shutting down) and re-log on to the domain. Once the PC has
> > been shut down I have to go through this process again.
> > When I can finally get logged on, the fax services work fine.
> > The PC is a laptop which is used both online and offline. The problem
> exists
> > in either of these scenarios.
> > If I uninstall Fax Services then everything works ok again.
> >
> > Has anyone any idea what may be causing this?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Stewart
> >
> >
>
>

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