Hi
I'm having the following problem:
I have a network of several client PCs running windows 8 pro x64 and a server running Windows Server Essentials 2012.
I have recently upgraded a couple of these PC's to Windows 8.1 pro using the ISO from VLSC.
However after logon with a domain account both these machines display a blank screen with pointer instead of the start screen. Task manager is accessible via ctrl-alt-delete. Explorer.exe does not appear to be running, start button does nothing. Selecting file, new task and running explorer.exe does nothing except flash a blank configuring windows dialog in the top left corner, explorer does not appear to run. Same behaviour on all clients.
But... when logging on with a local account or with a domain account in safe mode everything appears normally.
I've tried :
* updating the video card device drivers to latest
* running sfc scannow - no problems.
* fixmbr in safe mode
* doing a clean install of win 8.1 pro instead of an upgrade on client - same behaviour
I can actually switch user between a working local account and non-working domain account.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Grant