Windows 2k3 Server shows black login screen

A.L

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Mar 1, 2005, 12:57:03 PM3/1/05

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My Windows 2k3 server ran out of disk space on C:, and now when it boots up
to the login screen, it is black and all you can see is the windows logo.
With the right navigation on the black screen you can login and everything is
fine. After doing a google search, i found that this was due to the default
reg setting that the color is set to 0 0. I was wondering how to correct
this problem?

Todd J Heron

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Mar 1, 2005, 1:03:38 PM3/1/05

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The color schemes in the computer's default profile may have been set to
black for every scheme element. Please review the below steps for this may
resolve your issue:
On the Windows 2003 Server this can be verified by navigating to the
following registry key:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors
If this is the issue all colors scheme element registry values will be set
to 0. Compare this with a known good copy below:

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors]
"ActiveBorder"="212 208 200"
"ActiveTitle"="0 84 227"
"AppWorkSpace"="128 128 128"
"Background"="0 78 152"
"ButtonAlternateFace"="181 181 181"
"ButtonDkShadow"="113 111 100"
"ButtonFace"="236 233 216"
"ButtonHilight"="255 255 255"
"ButtonLight"="241 239 226"
"ButtonShadow"="172 168 153"
"ButtonText"="0 0 0"
"GradientActiveTitle"="61 149 255"
"GradientInactiveTitle"="157 185 235"
"GrayText"="172 168 153"
"Hilight"="49 106 197"
"HilightText"="255 255 255"
"HotTrackingColor"="0 0 128"
"InactiveBorder"="212 208 200"
"InactiveTitle"="122 150 223"
"InactiveTitleText"="216 228 248"
"InfoText"="0 0 0"
"InfoWindow"="255 255 225"
"Menu"="255 255 255"
"MenuText"="0 0 0"
"Scrollbar"="212 208 200"
"TitleText"="255 255 255"
"Window"="255 255 255"
"WindowFrame"="0 0 0"
"WindowText"="0 0 0"
"MenuHilight"="49 106 197"
"MenuBar"="236 233 216"

There is two ways to fix this problem:

1. Export the registry key from a known good machine into a .REG file.
Import the .REG file into the new machine.

2. You can also construct/copy-paste the following information into a text
file and give it a file name with a .REG extension.

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A.L

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Mar 1, 2005, 2:31:02 PM3/1/05

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Thanks, that worked great!

Matt Wagner [MSFT]

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Mar 1, 2005, 2:57:00 PM3/1/05

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A.L.

You may also want to check the computer for malware.

The "black on black" is a classic GUI attack.

Matt Wagner
Enterprise Engineering Center
Microsoft Corporation

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Todd J Heron

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Mar 1, 2005, 4:50:12 PM3/1/05

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Didn't know that Matt. I only knew the resolution. Thanks. Added to my
notes....