Hello all,

Running XP Pro, my computer starts up seemingly fine, loads as far as
the windows splash screen with the little blue progress bar and then
the screen goes black for about 10 minutes and then the welcome screen
appears.

After this, performance seems normal. During the black screen the
monitor doesn't go into standby so I assume the graphics card is
outputting a signal. Just not sure why it stays black for so long.

Any ideas gratefully appreciated. Thanks a lot.

Schnoid.

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> Hello all,
>
> Running XP Pro, my computer starts up seemingly fine, loads as far as
> the windows splash screen with the little blue progress bar and then
> the screen goes black for about 10 minutes and then the welcome screen
> appears.
>
> After this, performance seems normal. During the black screen the
> monitor doesn't go into standby so I assume the graphics card is
> outputting a signal. Just not sure why it stays black for so long.
>
> Any ideas gratefully appreciated. Thanks a lot.
>
> Schnoid.

Check the event logs for items during system start. Also, try using
MSCONFIG and turn on /bootlog on the boot.ini tab. Restart, and the
bootlog.txt file may give you helpful clues.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=127970

HTH
-pk