Server Logon Prompt Freezes

Hi All,

Thanks in advance for any help. Our SBS 2003 server has been having
problems lately where when somebody goes to logon to the console
sometimes one of the following things will occur:

1. When pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL, the console freezes and screen just
becomes blank with wallpaper at back (No logon prompt shown)
2. When pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and then logging on (entering password
etc) the console then freezes after logon prompt has dissapeared and
becomes blank with wallpaper at back

Sometimes we may lose network connectivity, otherwise other times
console is frozen, though remote logon's are allowed and networks are
still up.

Please help! The only way for us to get around this is to force a
reboot on the server!

Thanks again.

Al
Wed Mar 26 08:03:01 PDT 2008

I had something similar a while back. It ended up being some sort of
incompatibility in my ATI video driver - apparently brought on by some
recent MS patch as it had worked for years before that. I changed the
server to the standard VGA driver using KB325341 and no issues since. No
idea why it suddenly started acting up unless some recent patch caused a
conflict with the original ATI driver.

Note I was also seeing stop EA BSOD's as well.

--
Allan Williams



"gglw" <bob.smith.0182@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:dbf68275-81b4-4f47-9c49-0f584b7e1350@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> Hi All,
>
> Thanks in advance for any help. Our SBS 2003 server has been having
> problems lately where when somebody goes to logon to the console
> sometimes one of the following things will occur:
>
> 1. When pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL, the console freezes and screen just
> becomes blank with wallpaper at back (No logon prompt shown)
> 2. When pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and then logging on (entering password
> etc) the console then freezes after logon prompt has dissapeared and
> becomes blank with wallpaper at back
>
> Sometimes we may lose network connectivity, otherwise other times
> console is frozen, though remote logon's are allowed and networks are
> still up.
>
> Please help! The only way for us to get around this is to force a
> reboot on the server!
>
> Thanks again.

Al
Wed Mar 26 08:14:08 PDT 2008

Just recalled that this was just the stop EA issue. I did have your issue
back in Feb but never did find the cause and it hasn't happened since. If
you aren't seeing any stop EA "minidumps" or BSOD's then it may not be your
issue - although video drivers can be a good place to start with issues like
this.

If you do find the cause post back.

--
Allan Williams



"Al Williams" <donotreplydirect@usenewsgroup.com> wrote in message
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>I had something similar a while back. It ended up being some sort of
>incompatibility in my ATI video driver - apparently brought on by some
>recent MS patch as it had worked for years before that. I changed the
>server to the standard VGA driver using KB325341 and no issues since. No
>idea why it suddenly started acting up unless some recent patch caused a
>conflict with the original ATI driver.
>
> Note I was also seeing stop EA BSOD's as well.
>
> --
> Allan Williams
>
>
>
> "gglw" <bob.smith.0182@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:dbf68275-81b4-4f47-9c49-0f584b7e1350@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help. Our SBS 2003 server has been having
>> problems lately where when somebody goes to logon to the console
>> sometimes one of the following things will occur:
>>
>> 1. When pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL, the console freezes and screen just
>> becomes blank with wallpaper at back (No logon prompt shown)
>> 2. When pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and then logging on (entering password
>> etc) the console then freezes after logon prompt has dissapeared and
>> becomes blank with wallpaper at back
>>
>> Sometimes we may lose network connectivity, otherwise other times
>> console is frozen, though remote logon's are allowed and networks are
>> still up.
>>
>> Please help! The only way for us to get around this is to force a
>> reboot on the server!
>>
>> Thanks again.
>
>