When a Windows 7 32-bit PC attached to a domain comes back from standby mode and has no user logged in, if I log in once, it jumps back to the login screen. If I log in for a second time, then it actually logs in.
This happens on multiple PCs, and is not a hardware issue. The PCs are also free of viruses/malware, and are otherwise Problem-free.
Why does it do this, and is there a way to prevent this annoyance?
Best Answer
It turns out that this is a known issue.
Microsoft has released a preliminary hotfix. Because it is only preliminary, and most installations do not experience this problem, the hotfix has not been released in the normal automatic updates channel, which is why the problem hasn't been fixed automatically yet. You can download the hotfix from Microsoft and install it manually.
I installed the hotfix on our computer which was experiencing this issue, and after three days the problem has yet to reappear, so it looks like this fix works.