Black Screen after installing SecureLogin

  • 7010074
  • 27-Jan-2012
  • 26-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell SecureLogin
NSL7.0.2 HF6
SecureLogin installed in Novell Client mode
Novell Client 4.91 SP5
Windows XP SP3
Zen 10.3.4. 
F-Secure anti-virus software

Situation

Users lock workstation, logout, or reboot workstation at night.  They return the next day expecting the workstation to be at the login prompt, but all they see is a black screen with only an active mouse curser.  Ctrl alt del doesn't bring up anything - still no login screen.  Their only choice is to power off the workstation and turn it back on.

Resolution

Configure virus scanner to ignore SecureLogin files.

Look in task manager for the sl* processes, and exclude these from virus scanning activity.  The SecureLogin processes to exclude include the following files:
  slbroker.exe
  slbroker64.exe
  sldotnetsso.exe
  sldotnetsso64.exe
  slproto.exe
  slwinsso.exe
  slnrmonitorserver.exe