Win 2k3 SBS Login is Black????Help

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netgurusteve November 4, 2004 at 10:39:30 Pacific
Specs: 2k3 SBS Server, Dual Xeons

When I reboot or logoff and login, even when using remote desktop with a vpn connection, I cannot see the text fields to type in my username and password.
When looking at the screen all looks normal and you can make out the logon screen. It is all Blacked out though. I can see the cursor blinking so I backspace and delete to make sure it empty and I can type in my username. Then I tab to the next unseen test box and type in my password. Again this box is all black. Then I hit enter and it logs on fine.
Any ideas on how to resolve this or has anyone ever seen this before? I manage about 20 SBS servers and I've not seen this before. Thank you!
Steve

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pbengel November 10, 2004 at 18:18:54 Pacific

Hi Steve,

I am currently getting this problem at work. The printing in the building was have problems and than I used remote desktop connection and than the screen went black. I immediatly went directly to the console and it too was black. After hours I rebooted the server several times using last known good and safe mode and so fourth, and was unable to solve the problem. I am not looking forward to going in tomorrow to this problem. What did you do to solve it

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esoltan November 10, 2004 at 22:39:26 Pacific

Steve,
Peter,
I had the same exact problem after Win2k3 server crashed due to not enough hard disk space. I edited the registry as below and changed the colors by modifiying RGB values. All my values were 0 0 0 (black).
This fixed it fine.
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors]
"ActiveBorder"="212 208 200"
"ActiveTitle"="10 36 106"
"AppWorkSpace"="128 128 128"
"Background"="102 111 116"
"ButtonAlternateFace"="181 181 181"
"ButtonDkShadow"="64 64 64"
"ButtonFace"="212 208 200"
"ButtonHilight"="255 255 255"
"ButtonLight"="212 208 200"
"ButtonShadow"="128 128 128"
"ButtonText"="0 0 0"
"GradientActiveTitle"="166 202 240"
"GradientInactiveTitle"="192 192 192"
"GrayText"="128 128 128"
"Hilight"="10 36 106"
"HilightText"="255 255 255"
"HotTrackingColor"="0 0 128"
"InactiveBorder"="212 208 200"
"InactiveTitle"="128 128 128"
"InactiveTitleText"="212 208 200"
"InfoText"="0 0 0"
"InfoWindow"="255 255 225"
"Menu"="212 208 200"
"MenuText"="0 0 0"
"Scrollbar"="212 208 200"
"TitleText"="255 255 255"
"Window"="255 255 255"
"WindowFrame"="0 0 0"
"WindowText"="0 0 0"

Let me know how this goes.
esoltan