Faced a dilemna with a SharePoint box recently.
This SharePoint box had been running for over 4
months, and had over 500 users using it daily.
Its not a dedicated server box, but more of a
PC that runs as a server. Its local HDD capacity is 40 Gigs split up into 2 20GB
Partitions. Most you might think that is OK (I innittially thought - what the
heck, its just WSS hosting 1 site).
But remember 500+ users on a daily basis.
IIS Logging was turned on (default settings +
few other properties for a usage tracking application used internally).
Eventually within the 4 months of operations the IIS logs grew up to consume all
the space of the local partition.
Trying to log on to the local machine to correct
the issue generated several logon errors, including one that said unable to load
local profile, and then every subsequent screen was black. The entire desktop
was black (almost as if if the video card had failed). You couldnt even read any
of the error/warning dialogs that would pop up. Fortunately we were able to load
the command prompt, move the logs and sort out the screen blackness issue.
But even after that the Windows logon screen
continued to be all black. Which was very strange. We were almost contemplating
an OS re-installation fearing a corrupt OS.
but fortunately we ran across this newsgroup
posting which saved me a whole load of trouble.
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.server.general/browse_frm/thread/90293b98f4a2c61/d8a45badbe7e38de?tvc=1&q=windows+server+2003+black+logon+screen+registry&hl=en#d8a45badbe7e38de