Windows Server 2008 R2 hangs on Welcome screen
Hi people,
I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter with Hyper-V role installed. This is production server DELL PowerEdge R710 with 72GB memory. Since few months ago I had problem, from time to time, to RDP to server because it was taking too much time to pass
from Welcome screen to desktop. Last week when i restarted it I couldn't login to it at all, it hangs on Welcome screen for hours. Well I'm aware of Microsoft walktrought and i used devnodeclean /r and after 2 hours it cleaned registry from ghost drives created
by DPM and after restart i still got a problem. I can't install hotfix from safe mode so i can't really try that solution. Same thing with Welcome screen hanging is happening when i: RDP to it with msft rdp, with visionapp, dell drac kvm console and directly
on server. Virtual machines on it is working and i can access Hyper-V from other server console untill i try to login and then RPC service fialed.Nemanja
January 17th, 2012 4:34am
Hello,
Start by running msconfig and disable all startup items / services except Microsoft ones. Once done, restart the server and check results.
Also, update all possible drivers especially the graphic card one.
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January 17th, 2012 3:45pm
I was coming here to post a resolution to a similar incident. Although my server 2008 R2 (vmware VM) started hanging at applying computer settings forever. I could view the logs remotely and didn't see anything obvious,
though some services (WINRM) hung at startup. I started disabling individual items that were recorded as hanging during startup but that didn't do it. I finally got by the hang at computer settings screen by disconnecting the network card
at startup, but then I ran into a user settings hang when logging in as administrator.
I finally fixed all hangs by stopping the Windows Management Instrumentation Service, renaming the C:\Windows\System32\wbem\Repository folder and rebooting. Hope this helps somebody.
January 17th, 2012 5:56pm
Hi !
I have the same problem but i discover that you can fix it only Disabled service "Security Account Manager" from msconfig , then you can log on your server. This is only for discover what is root case.
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July 30th, 2012 4:11pm