Do you have two video cards in it?  Onboard and expansion?  If so try
plugging it into the other one.  If you get an image go to the display
control panel and uncheck the option to expand the desktop to this
monitor (something like that).

Hope this helps...
Brian

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From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 1:06 PM
To: NT 2000 Discussions
Subject: Re: blank desktop

CTL-ALT-DEL
Task Manager
New Task
Go to desktop
Right click on Network Neighborhood
Properties

What happens?

At 02:03 PM 9/18/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a windows 2000 domain controller that has a blank desktop.  I
can
>
>log into the server normally, but the desktop never appears.  I can use
>ctl-alt-del to access task manager but when I try to run an executable
>from "new task" I get the following error message:
>"this file does not have a program associated with it for performing
>this action.  Create an association in the Folders Option in Control
>Panel"
>Of course I cant get to the Control panel because I dont have a desktop
>Any ideas or suggesstions would be greatly appreciated.
>The servers appears to be fuctioning normallly, just cant access the
>desktop
>
>MDS
>
>
>
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