Help : Sr. Developer (IT Newbie) removes logon process from startu

From: shawnk (shawnk_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/18/05 

Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:11:08 -0800

In an attempt to fix a problem one of our Sr. Developer's used a startup
manager application on Win 2003 server to temporarily remove some
applications from the start up process.

Unfortunately it appears they also disabled the logon process for the server.

The result is that when you logon to the system (at the machine) you get in
and then the system logs you right out again.

No remote terminal services are enabled.

The only way we can 'get back in' is using the Win 2003 Server CD in a very
limited diagnostic mode (Dos prompt).

Is there an easy way to enable the Remote Desktop service manually or by
command line?

We have to use a console 'dos' prompt to work from.

Thanks for any help.

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