Re: Log On Screen

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From: Jerold Schulman (Jerry_at_jsiinc.com)
Date: 05/29/04 

Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 08:00:11 -0400

On Thu, 27 May 2004 11:51:07 -0700, "kbird"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Running Windows Server 2003. At the first screen, I press ctl+alt+del and the logon screen comes up as normal. However, now the entire username and password boxes are grayed out(i.e. it won't let me enter either field). There is nothing written in either place(i.e. letters, ***, etc..). It does let you use the dropdown to switch between local computer and the Domain name, but that is all. If you press O.K. to log on, it says wrong username and/or password.
>
>Does anyone know what is going on here? I have never seen this before.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks!

My wild guess is that no permission to read the registry key at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

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