I keep getting a black screen when I try to boot up. The black screen appears
after the Windows XP boot screen comes on and appears to fully load Windows.
What can I do to get beyond this black screen? Any help would be appreciated.

How long have you waited?
If it has a network card in it, it can sometimes wait a long time waiting to
detect networks before it'll continue.
Will it boot in safe mode ok?



"rich" <rich @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:427E89C8-A59A-4623-A4A0-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I keep getting a black screen when I try to boot up. The black screen
>appears
> after the Windows XP boot screen comes on and appears to fully load
> Windows.
> What can I do to get beyond this black screen? Any help would be
> appreciated.

Computer stops responding with a black screen when you start Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314503

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:427E89C8-A59A-4623-A4A0-(E-Mail Removed),
rich <rich @discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> I keep getting a black screen when I try to boot up. The black screen
> appears after the Windows XP boot screen comes on and appears to fully
> load Windows. What can I do to get beyond this black screen? Any help
> would be appreciated.

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:46:00 -0800 from rich <rich
@discussions.microsoft.com>:
> I keep getting a black screen when I try to boot up. The black screen appears
> after the Windows XP boot screen comes on and appears to fully load Windows.
> What can I do to get beyond this black screen? Any help would be appreciated.

Is the computer locked up? What happens if you move the mouse or tap
the Shift key?

I get a black screen about one bot out of five. I don't know why --
and the first time it happened it was certainly disconcerting -- but
apparently nothing is wrong. Every time this happens, I just move the
mouse and the Welcome screen appears immediately. It's as though the
screen saver had kicked in upon boot.

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