Hi
We have a Windows Server 2012 Standard R2 which is used merely as a file server. This runs on a Lenovo TS140 ThinkServer with 32GB RAM and RAID 5.
The server just shows a blue screen with nothing else, no desktop or any text whatsoever, bar the mouse cursor on the screen. The mouse cursor moves by moving the mouse. Pressing Alt-Ctrl-Del will not launch the Task Manager. CTRL-Esc will not launch the"Start" menu, nor does the "Windows" key on the keyboard.
The server is actually functional and works, as everyone can access our "Access 2013" database which runs on SQL Server 2014 Standard. Pressing the "Caps Lock", "Num Lock" is also responsive. I don't really want to reset the server by powering it off and back on again, as I'm not sure what the consequence may be.
Has anyone come across this anomaly?
Thanks for taking the time to read this post.