Log On prompt disabled or corrupted

[cory@bluepointdesign.com]

When I try to log on I get an incomplete dialog box:
http://bluepointdesign.com/Blog/RDLogin/defaul1.gif

More at: http://bluepointdesign.com/Blog/RDLogin/default.htm

It happened on one laptop under one profile and then I noticed it
affected all profiles. I switched to another desktop PC and it worked
fine that day. Now today I see the same problem on the second PC. It
seems to be spreading! However I can connect to the remote machines
using another VU machine from the same network. Also there ware tow
servers on the target and I get the same error on both of those. All
client machines are WVU with all the most recent patches and RDC 6. No
errors in the event log. Other machines can connect to those servers
with no problem as well. The affected machines can connect to other VU
workstations and to TS running on a W2kS. The network I'm trying to
connect to is a Windows 2003 SBS running RWW. Initially I tried to
connect with the RWW ActiveX control but the failure appears with or
without it. Tried many different settings with no effect.

It seems like something got corrupted in the same way on two machines.
But for the life of me I can't see how one can simply install Remote
Desktop Client 6. Any ideas?

I'm going to chronicle my errors on the link listed above in case
anyone is interested.

 

[TP]

Hi,

Does the problem occur if you use an older version of the
Remote Desktop Client? You can install it using the install
file located on your SBS 2003 server's drive (or browse to
the tsclient share):

C:\WINDOWS\system32\clients\tsclient\win32\msrdpcli.msi

After it is installed make sure to launch it using the shortcut
under All Programs, *not* the shortcut under Accessories.

If you delete your Remote Desktop bitmap cache on the
client machine, do the symptoms change? The bitmap cache
files are located in the user's AppData under:

Local\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Cache

-TP

cory@bluepointdesign.com wrote:
> When I try to log on I get an incomplete dialog box:
> http://bluepointdesign.com/Blog/RDLogin/defaul1.gif
>
> More at: http://bluepointdesign.com/Blog/RDLogin/default.htm
>
> It happened on one laptop under one profile and then I noticed it
> affected all profiles. I switched to another desktop PC and it worked
> fine that day. Now today I see the same problem on the second PC. It
> seems to be spreading! However I can connect to the remote machines
> using another VU machine from the same network. Also there ware tow
> servers on the target and I get the same error on both of those. All
> client machines are WVU with all the most recent patches and RDC 6. No
> errors in the event log. Other machines can connect to those servers
> with no problem as well. The affected machines can connect to other VU
> workstations and to TS running on a W2kS. The network I'm trying to
> connect to is a Windows 2003 SBS running RWW. Initially I tried to
> connect with the RWW ActiveX control but the failure appears with or
> without it. Tried many different settings with no effect.
>
> It seems like something got corrupted in the same way on two machines.
> But for the life of me I can't see how one can simply install Remote
> Desktop Client 6. Any ideas?
>
> I'm going to chronicle my errors on the link listed above in case
> anyone is interested.

 

[cory@bluepointdesign.com]

I rushed home excited to try your suggestion only to find that after
many days of dysfunction it now works! I don't know what you did but
'thanks!' you must have unjinxed me. <g>