Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Resolution to my previous post: Only icons are visible after logging in to Windows Server 2003

Thanks to one of my friends who helped me resolved this problem. The reason for this problem is that the "Windows Standard" Color scheme and some other schemes in the Desktop properties were deleted. Maybe it was because of the Conficker virus or someone has accidentally deleted these schemes. Here are the steps I went through to solve this.

1. Since I could not see the text or the area where I point my mouse pointer because of the black screen, I right click on the Server's desktop and then press "R" on the keyboard(shortcut for Properties).
2. To go to the Appearance tab, where this Color scheme is located, I press Ctrl+Tab.
3. Pressing Alt+ C will lead you to the Color Scheme portion, then select the available color scheme in which you can read the text.
4. I choose "Maple" color scheme.
5. By clicking "Apply" button, you will be able to read all the texts and the screen and background are now seems back to normal mode.
6. Clicking "Advanced" button on the same "Appearance" menu will enable to set up Inactive Window, Active Window and Message Text settings. In the "Item" portion, I chose Desktop and in the "Color 1" portion, I chose color blue. All other portions like Size, Font and Color2 are disabled.
And viola, problem was solved.

See screenshot below for the solution:














Thanks also to all of you guys who suggested me some possible solutions to resolve this problem.

Kudos to you!

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Only icons are visible after logging in to Windows Server 2003


At first, this is the problem. The logon screen turns black after you press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to log on to a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer.
I visit the Microsoft site to search which luckily i found the answer and the solution is the link below.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906510

But there's another problem. After logging in, all I can see are only icons in black screen with no labels/text in it. Even if I open Start Menu or My Computer, or any window, only icons are visible. It's weird, man and it is only the first time I encountered this kind of problem. The system is up and running. This is the application server and still, clients can connect to this server and can use the applications they needed.
Even if you will use RDP, this black screen with only icons you will see.

I think this is REGISTRY problem but what keeping me puzzled and think is that how can I edit the registry if I cannot see the text that I'm typing.

See the screenshots of the problem below:

Screenshot after pressing Start Menu


Screenshot after opening My Computer













I tried running the server in Safe Mode to check whether the screen is Normal but it was the same but it is not. It is also black screen with only icons in it.

I need it badly guys. Help me fix this problem. To all Microsoft expert out there help me fix this. What do you think guys is the problem of this and what is the solutions for this.

Any suggestions?

Thank you very much.

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