It looks like MS came up with different colors for different problems .. and I now found out that there is also a black-screen available :)
Unfortunately the system disc space of one of my Windows Small Business Servers 2003 was packed … not that I didn’t plan to have enough space .. I just underestimated MS-Updates over years, it’s just crazy.
However, after the disc was full, the login (and logoff) screen of the Server was black .. only the logo had its colors. I couldn’t see what or even where I was exactly typing and you don’t have to be a designer to know, that black text on a black background is everything else but visible.
Thx to computing.net I know now, that this is a common problem if there is no disc space left. The solution, assumed that you managed to log into your system, is to go into the registry and set the colors back to default.
To do so, go to [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors] and put in the following colors:
"ActiveBorder"="212 208 200"
"ActiveTitle"="10 36 106"
"AppWorkSpace"="128 128 128"
"Background"="102 111 116"
"ButtonAlternateFace"="181 181 181"
"ButtonDkShadow"="64 64 64"
"ButtonFace"="212 208 200"
"ButtonHilight"="255 255 255"
"ButtonLight"="212 208 200"
"ButtonShadow"="128 128 128"
"ButtonText"="0 0 0"
"GradientActiveTitle"="166 202 240"
"GradientInactiveTitle"="192 192 192"
"GrayText"="128 128 128"
"Hilight"="10 36 106"
"HilightText"="255 255 255"
"HotTrackingColor"="0 0 128"
"InactiveBorder"="212 208 200"
"InactiveTitle"="128 128 128"
"InactiveTitleText"="212 208 200"
"InfoText"="0 0 0"
"InfoWindow"="255 255 225"
"Menu"="212 208 200"
"MenuText"="0 0 0"
"Scrollbar"="212 208 200"
"TitleText"="255 255 255"
"Window"="255 255 255"
"WindowFrame"="0 0 0"
"WindowText"="0 0 0"
At least MS has an article about it which you can get here.
