WIN 2000 blank Screen after logon

[Farid]

We had a WIN 2000 server crash a couple of days ago (it
has since been repaired, but one of the paths had to be
remapped to a different server). However, since that
incident I have not been able to logon my computer (WIN
2000 machine) under my name. After entering my name and
password to logon the network Domain, it goes through the
normal process of accepting the password, loading personal
settings, plays the startup music, shows the desktop
background color (light blue) and cursor, then nothing
else happens. I cannot bring up the task manager or the
taskbar, and Ctrl-Alt-Del does not work. The desktop is
completely empty!

What is strange about this problem is that I can logon
under a different name from my machine and it works fine.
I can also logon locally without any problems. I can also
logon to the domain from another machine and other people
can logon my machine under their name. No one else in the
company has this problem. I tried checking the whole
system for errors and even ran service pack updates
(including SP4) but nothing seems to help. I also tried
logging on in safe mode with networking and it does that
same thing. It seems that something in my user profile is
corrupted or is looking for a network drive that is no
longer there.

Can anyone help?

FYI: We do not use roaming user profiles.

 

[Farid]

-----Original Message-----
Farid wrote in news:043401c34c99$fa561a80 [email protected]:

Have your admin log onto your PC and move your folder (under Documents and
Settings) to a safe place on the network so you can retrieve your files.
Now log in again and your folder will be recreated. Log off and back on
again to confirm the problem is gone. You should be able to move your My
Documents folder contents back without any problems, and you can slowly
move back the contents of other folders if you think they are necessary. Go
about this slow, ie move contents of say your Start Menu next and log off
and back again testing after every move so if it does reoccur you know
where the problem is.

Sultan
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Thanks for the rpely, Sultan.

What I ended doing is to use an external registry editor
(Resplendent Registrar) to import my user registry while
logged in under administrator. I edited the registry and
deleted any refrences to the old server names and any
drive mappings. I Saved the registry file and rebooted -
it worked! The best part is I did not have to go through
and reset all my program installations and prefrences.
All I had to do was re-map my drives.