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BillN
Asked: 2010-07-14 08:37:13 +0800 CST

RDP to Windows 2003 results in Blank screen

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When I try to RDP to a Windows 2003 server, sometimes after I enter the login credentials, I see the background color of the desktop, but no icons, and no taskbar. Sometimes disconnecting from RDP, and then reconnecting solves it, but I don't see any issues in the Event Logs.
I know the machine is up, as it presents the login screen, and if I put a bad password, or a user name that does not have the rights to login remotely, it tells me. But when I put a good password in, it just hangs on the background.

Any Ideas on what to check?

TIA

windows-server-2003 rdp

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I've seen this happen when you don't have a clean log off of your previous session. If you log onto the console and check the RDP connected users do you have an entry there for your user? If so kick it off the RDP session and try logging in again.

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