Re: Win2003 Missing Logi Dialog

From: John H. Bergman (john_h_bergman_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/22/04


Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 23:23:46 -0500

I tried that, same results.

I also tried Safe Mode, and even VGA mode.
I tried signing on as a different user, same thing...

PS> Sorry for the duplicate posts... first I was posting from the microsoft
web site, and nothing showed up inside the browser, so I retried... now I am
using Outlook express (much better).

John

"Arek Iskra [MVP]" <arek_nospam@arekiskra.com> wrote in message
news:uAY4oYxbEHA.2340@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Presuming your login is unsuccessful, are you able to use Last Known Good
> Configuration?
>
> --
> Arek Iskra
> Microsoft MVP for Windows Server - Management
>
> "John Bergmn" <john.bergman@gallagher.com> wrote in message
> news:0d8f01c46eb0$3f4c9720$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> > Recently I have a computer that ran out of disk space on
> > drive C. When I realized this, I signed on and got a
> > warning about having to use/create a temp profile because
> > there was not enough room to copy the administrator
> > profile.
> >
> > I freed up about 10 gigs of space; and decided that it
> > would be best to reboot to clear up anything else that
> > may have gone bad.
> >
> > Upon reboot, I get a black screen with just the top part
> > of the booting up dialog (ie, the dialog that is
> > displayed with the logo and a moving rainbow bar). After
> > that, I get the login prompt, again with only the
> > logo.... I do not have the caption bar, nor visibly any
> > of the controls. I can tab between what would appear to
> > be the username and password area. When I enter a valid
> > user name, a few minutes pass and then I get a popup
> > dialog.
> >
> > The popup dialog ONLY has the warning (yellow triangle);
> > and NOTHING else... so I cannot tell what is wrong with
> > login prompt. There is nothing written into any of the
> > event logs that lead toward a reason for this behavior
> > either.
> >
> > I have the AdminPak installed on another computer, I can
> > connect to the computer and administer it. I can net use
> > the drives and access them freely. The running IIS is
> > working perfectly.
> >
> > It appears that this problem has only affected the
> > desktop.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
>
>



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