Frozen screen after login on client

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From: drlin2000 (drlin2000_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/08/05 

Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 07:43:02 -0800

Sorry, this is a newbie post.

My network administrator installed my dc and 2 clients. Then, he left and
is unreachable. I have since installed 3 more clients. On his clients, user
logons work fine.

On the clients that I configured, when I log on, it "applies computer
settings" etc...
However, right you hear the "windows tone", it freezes and shows an
hourglass, and no desktop icons appear.

Interestingly, when I hit cntl-alt-del, I can change my password and
re-logon under a new password. Then, it works.

Also, if I "shut down" the computer and manually restart the computer, it
works. But, if I just "restart" the computer, it doesn't work.

Again, this freezing only occurs on the computers that I configured and
occurs with all users.