2012 Virtual Machine Black Screens Whenever Promoting to Domain Controller


i have brand new 2012 cluster 2 hyper-v host nodes running server 2012 (not r2). have spun several virtual machines templates via vmm 2012r2. 

i added ad ds role today dc01 server running server 2012 (not r2). promoted domain controller. when came got login screen normal , logged in. upon login see black screen. can click ctr-alt-del , typical menu, logout responds. else such task manager goes black screen. connecting via remote eventvwr , checking logs , events shows dc promo successful; can verify replication other dc's etc. don't see problems server other can't see after login. rdping in provides black screen well. able log in via safe mode , can see desktop, not sure how troubleshoot there. verified integration services latest , greatest before promo'd.

i de-promo'd via server manager on server 2012 server, removed roles , deleted it. created new server , did same process, used remote server manager dcpromo time. after reboot have identical issue black screen.

can help?

peter


microsoft provided me successful fix:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970879/en-us



Windows Server  >  Directory Services



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