Server login hangs

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Something strange just happened with my fully patched SBS2003 SP2 Premium
server.

I went to login to the locked console and after I entered the password the
screen went black, then painted the desktop color and hung at that point.
Waited a while and no change, so I tried to RDP into the server and the RDP
connection did the same thing - hangs after the desktop color is painted.

Strange thing is the server is working fine (I can remote manage it), no
issues in the logs, no high CPU/disk activity seen, no services stopped -
all clients are happy.

Anyway of finding out what is up so I can login to reboot it?

It would be nice if I could see a task list or something but I'm not sure
how to do that if I can't login.

Thanks.

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Allan Williams




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