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How to resolve Black login screen on windows 2003 server Symptom: When you RDP windows 2003 server it shows black screen Cause: This issue occurs if all values under registry key " HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Colors" are set to "0" Resolution: 1) Login to another windows 2003 server which is working fine 2) Click Start , point to Run , type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK 3)  Locate the following registry subkey: HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Colors 4) Right-click the Colors registry subkey, and then click Export 5) In the File name box, type a name for the file   6) Copy this file to server where you have issue 7) Click Start , point to Run , type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK 8) On the File menu, click Import . 9) Double-click the .reg file that you want to import 10) Quit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer Note: Please do not import/export registry keys at the root level

How to add extra column in search query of Active Directory   1) Go to ADSIEDIT 2) Connect to configuration partition 3) Go to CN=DisplaySpecifiers inside configuration 4) Go to CN=409 5) In right pane right click CN=Defualt Display and open its properties 6) Slect Extracolumns and click on edit 7) Add value in following format <ldapDisplayName>,<Column Title>,<Displayed by default>,<Column Width>,<unused> LDAPDisplayName value is ldap name of the filed that you want to get added Column Title calue is Name of the column that you want to give Displayed by default value decided whether this files should be displayed by default or not (value can be 0 or 1) Column width value is the size of column that you want to keep Unused must be zero E.g if we want to add column for mobile number then format would be mobile,mobile number,0,150,0