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This usually happens because you are running out of variable space. Same as virtual memory. <br />
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You should try to clean up your temp files. How much free space do you have? 
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This usually happens because you are running out of variable space. Same as virtual memory.

You should try to clean up your temp files. How much free space do you have?

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Probably this here:<br />
The logon screen turns black after you press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to log on to a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906510" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906510</a><br />

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Probably this here:
The logon screen turns black after you press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to log on to a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906510 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906510]


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I have a really old Windows 2003 SBS Server that on boot up displays the Windows Server logo but it's mostly blacked out. &nbsp;When the login screen comes up the space to enter the username, password and domain and also blacked out but I can type in them and login. &nbsp;As soon as it clears the login screen it brings up the desktop just fine. &nbsp;It's not a performance issue, it's just irritating. &nbsp;I have switched video cards with no positive results. Last fact - it does the same thing when remoting in.
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I have a really old Windows 2003 SBS Server that on boot up displays the Windows Server logo but it's mostly blacked out.  When the login screen comes up the space to enter the username, password and domain and also blacked out but I can type in them and login.  As soon as it clears the login screen it brings up the desktop just fine.  It's not a performance issue, it's just irritating.  I have switched video cards with no positive results. Last fact - it does the same thing when remoting in.

How do I fix Server 2003 startup screen which is mostly blacked out

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).