Re: Can't see logon window (and a lot more)

Can you access the event viewer remotely and examine its contents? Can you
access services remotely and examine there status? Wouldn't happen to be
running apc version 6 software on it?
"Jim Pattison" <jpattisonrem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OyD9hITnFHA.2904@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Kevin
> Thanks for the response.
> We tried botting in safe mode (no network) and inVGA mode. Both came up
> the same as the normal boot up, mostly black screen. I don't remember the
> settings on the page file. The only thing I can think of that fills it up
> is some sort of tempory files associated with active directory. Besides
> being a domain controller, a dhcp server, and a print server for three or
> four printers, this server is currently doing much
> Jim
>
> "Kevin Longley" <kwlongley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23dEpvCTnFHA.3288@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Can you boot up in safe mode and then examine the C drive for amount of
>> disk space left? What are you running on this server that would use up
>> disk space as you described it? How do you have the page file set up for
>> starting and ending size (typically you make both values the same)?
>> "Jim Pattison" <jpattisonrem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:O4RnZ2SnFHA.2916@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Setup: W2K3 standard with SP1 running on a Dell 2400, 1ghz processor,
>>> 512 mb RAM, RAID 5 with a container of roughly 180 gig, partioned into a
>>> C (for system only) and a D for storage. C partion is relatively small
>>> (about 5 gig I think)
>>>
>>> Current Problem: all we can see is the upper part of the normal logon
>>> screen (after CTRL-ALT-DEL). the rest of the screen is black.
>>>
>>> Prior to rebooting, we had a normal looking login screen however when we
>>> logged in we go a message that said (as best as I can remember it) that
>>> Windows was unable to load our profile (domain administrator) and was
>>> using the default profile instead because there wasn't enough room on
>>> the drive. After that message went away we had a black screen with icons
>>> on it. If you clicked on the start button you would see the icons from
>>> the start menu but no words. If you clicked on the icon for my computer
>>> you wouuld see the icons along the left side and across the top but
>>> nothing else. If you right click on my computer you can't see the dialog
>>> box. If you launched Internet Explorer you would get the white screen
>>> that has the verbiage about enhanced security and the icons across the
>>> top but nothing else. If you clicked on shutdown you'd get the iupper
>>> part of the normal shutdown dialog and two icons that are the new
>>> update icon (yellow shield). We figured an update was in progress and
>>> left it along for 4 hours. Came back and there was no change so we
>>> forced a reboot (powered it off). Came back in it's current
>>> configuration.
>>>
>>> Other Observations: If you log on remotely (remote desktop) you see the
>>> exact same thing. If you open a share, the share opens but slowly. One
>>> of the roles of this server is DHCP and, at least prior to rebooting, it
>>> was working properly. It is also the primary domain controller. Our
>>> other domain controller reports that it hasn't been able to back up
>>> properly because it can't contact this domain controller. In the past
>>> we have had problems with this server filling up the C drive so we moved
>>> the paging file to the D drive. A couple of weeks ago we discovered
>>> that the paging file had moved itself back to the C drive and was once
>>> again filling the C drive. It was moved back to D. An update was
>>> installed but we didn't check to see if the paging file stayed where we
>>> put it. We assume that the paging file has moved back and is causing
>>> the symptoms we see but can't figure out how to fix it. Other
>>> assumptions: we assume it isn't the video card as the display looks the
>>> same on a remote computer, plus we booted it off a CD and could see
>>> everything.
>>>
>>> Sorry to be long winded but figured it would be best to describe this in
>>> some detail.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any ides?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Jim Pattison
>>>
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