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Windows server 2008 stuck on Welcome screen
- This is a repost of this thread here as this has never been answered....
I have a server. Roughly once a week, at different times, will not let me login.
Basically the symptoms are that I can connect RDC and logon, its just stuck on the 'Welcome' screen.
the same happens when i try to logon locally too
The only way to "fix" the problem is to power off the server.
Checking the event logs hasn't been helpful as there aren't any nasty errors in there.
I am running Windows Server 2008 ENTERPRISE x64 Edition SP1. DL380 G5. HP Server are fully patched.
This is a dedicated SCCM 2007 server with nothing else but SEP11 client (AV only) running on it.
Answers
- This problem hasn't manifested since installing SP2.
- Marked As Answer byTim Quan - MSFTMSFT, ModeratorTuesday, December 29, 2009 3:54 AM
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- Thanks for bringing this forward. I am seeing the same issue on multiple HP BL460c Blades running Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition x64. Logon to the server and it will hang in our case for about 10 -20min. It will eventually let me in. I can go to a UNC path \\SERVERNAME\C$ and ping, but any remote administration is blocked (eventlog, wmic, manage computer etc...). Many of these are Hyper-V hosts and the VMs on these systems do not like it one bit when this problem happens. After I do wait and it logs on, I can then logoff and log back on without issue. Only after the first logon. I have a case with MS on this, but it has been slow so far.
Rob McShinsky
http://www.virtuallyaware.com
Rob http://www.virtuallyaware.com - hi
I thing this is related to HP DL 380 G5 drivers issue
I also foundthis. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952664
The quick fix was to reboot the HOST.
Thanks..
Deva --Self-trust is the first secret of success. - Hello,
for Hyper-V related questions better use this forums:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserverhyperv/threads
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsserver2008r2virtualization/threads
From VMWare i know that there is a problem with the default used network adapter for the 2008 VMs, maybe there is something similar with Hyper-V.
Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.- Marked As Answer bySainath IRP_MJ_CREATEMVP, ModeratorWednesday, November 18, 2009 11:01 AM
- Unmarked As Answer bySainath IRP_MJ_CREATEMVP, ModeratorWednesday, November 18, 2009 11:01 AM
Hello,
for Hyper-V related questions better use this forums:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserverhyperv/threads
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsserver2008r2virtualization/threads
From VMWare i know that there is a problem with the default used network adapter for the 2008 VMs, maybe there is something similar with Hyper-V.
Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
This is not specific to Hyper-V hosts and VM's and by the looks of it, it is not hardware related either as I have heard of this on Dell's and various models of HP's. In the previous post this issue I believe Win 2008 is the cause but not specific to one version neither as I have also been told of this happening on data center, enterprise and standard editions. I really think Microsoft should step in and do a bit more to help diagnose and come up with a solution to this annoying problem. I'm just glad we don't have our DC's and Exchange servers running 2008 OS...
Can anyone tell me if they have seen this occur on SP2? I have just upgraded the OS to SP2 and the box that's giving me grief and am hoping I this will resolve it but aren't holding my breath. I'll let you know if I see the problem occur again.
link to previous post:- http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-CA/winservergen/thread/b96296d5-1686-4c8a-a0c8-5890df2959c4- Hi Paul,
Thank you for bringing this issue , i see that many users have reported the same issue with the appropriate hardware ( DL 380 ) , i would check if i have the server at my place and try configuring the windows 2008 64bit enterprise server and try performing RDP to check if i get hang near applying computer settings
Also can you please check if the issue happens in safe mode ?
Hi Paul,
Thank you for bringing this issue , i see that many users have reported the same issue with the appropriate hardware ( DL 380 ) , i would check if i have the server at my place and try configuring the windows 2008 64bit enterprise server and try performing RDP to check if i get hang near applying computer settings
Also can you please check if the issue happens in safe mode ?
Unfortunately this problem is extremely difficult to diagnose as it only occurs every once in awhile at random times. Once I hard reboot the server the problem goes away...
I also don't have any spare hardware here to test this on at the moment, maybe someone else has see it occur in safe mode or can possibly test?
I also have a DL360 G5 this is happening on.- This problem hasn't manifested since installing SP2.
- Marked As Answer byTim Quan - MSFTMSFT, ModeratorTuesday, December 29, 2009 3:54 AM
- I'm experiencing this issue on an HP DL580G5. About once a week, as described by PaulTown, the server simply deadlocks and must be hard restarted. TS connections reach the machine, but hang at "Welcome." The recommended hotfix states "the update does not apply to your system," and I'm already running 2k8x64sp2.syslogs and applogs simply stop at one point, and resume after the restart. stumped....
