Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Windows 7 black screen after logging in via RDP.

I had this issue couple of day ago...there are many blogs out there how to deal with this black screen issue but the scenario I had was different. Based on going through multiple blogs users having ATI or GForce graphic cards were primarily affected, users having dual screens are also in soup. In my case I had a Intel card and my issue was black screen does not appear for all the users. For example user1 has no problem what so ever he was able to login and work but then user2 logs in all he sees in a black screen when he remotes in. I tried to disable bitmap caching, disable turn off monitor in power settings, disable power management to NIC as suggested by some folks. Nothing worked.

So I ended by deleting that particular user's profile (folder and registry) as per my previous blog and he was able to log in and issue did not happen. Also what I observed was user2 did not log in for quite some time and the issue came up again. Maybe the amount to time between the remote log in has some connection to getting black screen.

If you guys have any input I welcome it.