Sounds compromised... either from malware and/or something that's awry with a system file somewhere....
-sc From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 3:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VM workstatin keeps crashing Sorry for the typos - USB bus on my WS died, and I have a really bad PS/2 KB... We have a Windows XP Pro SP3 workstation running in VMWare ESX 3.5 that loses its ability to be reached via remote desktop connection. (This renders it rather useless!) Its event logs show nothing failing... At times, if I go to the VM management console and look at that machine's console, I sometimes see a blue desktop with no login screen. Other times it shows the login screen, and one can log in (via the console, again making it pretty useless). Interestingly, when an administrator logs in at the console, the "enable remote desktop connections" box is checked and grayed-out (so nobody can check or uncheck it - not even administrators). Other than blowing this thing away and building a new one (probably from a new ISO), any idea what would make this machine so unstable? Tnanks! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org <http://www.aspca.org/> The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
