Shot in the dark here.....Could it have to do with permissions on registry keys associated with the particular piece of hardware in question?
Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon network. On Feb 9, 2011 7:53 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you, but this is exactly what I wish to avoid! From past > experiences (as well as the current experiences of our Help Desk guy), > this is likely to result in hours of a non-bootable system. > > We have yet to find any consistancy other than finding that two VDAs do no > play nicely together... > -- > RMc > > > > > Kelli Sterley <[email protected]> > 02/08/2011 02:50 PM > Please respond to > "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > > > To > "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Press this button if the "To" is a fax number. Enter in the fax number > like 123-456-7890. > cc > > Subject > Re: Weird hardware/administrator issue > > > > > > > It's a PCI-e card right? If you shut the machine down and pull the card > and reboot. Verify the card is gone from everywhere, including the Nvidia > software unless the current card needs it. Shut the machine back down and > install it into a different slot and log back in as the domain admin (of > the domain you want to keep alive), install the Nvidia software again, > does the card find itself? > Otherwise that's one I've never seen ... Good luck! > > Kelli > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 2:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greetings! > > This make sense to anyone? > > Dell PWS-390, XP Pro SP3. > > System added to one domain. Later, a second video display (NVS-290 chip) > is added (but by someone logged in as a DomainAdmin). > > A company merger and domain consolidation project later, the old domain > still exists. However, that DomainAdmin account is no longer an admin on > the system in the new domain. > > MONTHS LATER, during a boot, a black screen appears saying the system > cannot recognize what is in a PCI slot. That display no longer works... > > Log in as my self (no elevated privileges), and the display is blank. > Reboot, and the display is still blank. Open Display Properties, and the > card does not show. Open System - DeviceManager, and the card is not > shown (along with a pop-up saying I can't change anything). > > Reboot; log in as local WS admin. In Display Properties, the card does > not appear. In Device Manager, even after scanning for hardware changes, > it is not there. Reboot... > > Login as Domain Admin in current domain. Results exactly the same as for > local admin. Reboot... > > Login using the DomainAdmin account in the old domain. Go to Device > Manager, and I am informed that the account lacks sufficient privileges to > make changes (that is, the Domain Admin for the old domain is no longer an > administrator for the machine in the current domain). Still only one > display card found. Reboot... > > During the reboot, the monitor connected to the missing card comes up > pretty blue. I log in as my self, and all (including a custom wall paper) > is back like it was before the current mess began this morning. > > FWIW, the display (OEM) which remained functional uses an NVS-295 chip. > It can be a serious task installing software for a second NVS- card. > However, it seems to not be necessary if the account which installed the > card logs in and reboots. > > We want this domain to go away. However, apparently if it does, then the > next video display failure WILL require a total re-install (which can take > hours before it succeeds). > > There seem to be hardware settings in that no-longer-an-admin account > registry I can import to that of another user in the current domain. > Clues as to where? > > Thanks! > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > ASPCA® > 1717 S. 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