Black screen after Log- In

[Guest]

Intermittently I get a blank screen after log-in, just a cursor, then have to
shut down and try again, then seems to boot ok, sometime it takes 2 or 3
times, then sometimes it boots ok for a week, New Gateway running Vista
Premium any reason for this? Have Dual core Intel processor. McAfee
Sercurity, running a few gadgets.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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Intermittently I get a blank screen after log-in, just a cursor, then have to
shut down and try again, then seems to boot ok, sometime it takes 2 or 3
times, then sometimes it boots ok for a week, New Gateway running Vista
Premium any reason for this? Have Dual core Intel processor. McAfee
Sercurity, running a few gadgets.

 

[Guest]

My computer recently started doing the same thing (if after log-in means
after the Welcome screen). I found a solution on one of the threads on this
forum.

At the black screen, hit control-alt-delete to bring up the menu screen.
Click the item for starting Task Manager. Find explorer.exe on the processes
tab; right click it to bring up the menu; and click End Process. After
explorer closes: click File on the menu bar; click New; type in explorer.exe;
and click OK. On my computer, that brings up the desktop.

 

[Guest]

That does help, for the moment, I mean, the problem is still there the next
time you start your comp. up. Isnt there any why to solve it for good?

 

[Guest]

I have seen numerous threads on this forum involving this problem, and none
of them suggested an explanation for where it comes from.

 

[Guest]

It started with me today!
Earlier it was just breezzing thourgh.
What I did was installed McAfee 2007 , when it said it was not compatible,
and then uninstalled it.
Tried a system restore back before the installation, but does not help!
The black screen does disappear after a few seconds.
I think it(laptop) has been slowed down somehow.

But I guess there would be a way to resolve it!
Did anyone tamper with the performance settings?

 

[Guest]

If the black screen with visible cursor disappears on its own and is
replaced by a desktop, you do not have the problem under discussion. In
fact, that sounds like the normal sequence of screens.

 

[Guest]

Yes, but earlier the black screen was for one instant- now it can be for as
long as 10 seconds.
Anyway, i have been trying to optimise the laptop.
I will report if it helps,
Regards

 

[Guest]

Conley your advise worked great, after doing this the computer booted, is
anyone working on a fix why explorer is causing windows not to run correctly?

 

[Guest]

After trying what was suggested alt-control-delete and turning of
explorer.exe desktop showed up. anyone working on a fix?

 

[Mike Jacoubowsky]

My computer recently started doing the same thing (if after log-in means

after the Welcome screen). I found a solution on one of the threads on
this
forum.

At the black screen, hit control-alt-delete to bring up the menu screen.
Click the item for starting Task Manager. Find explorer.exe on the
processes
tab; right click it to bring up the menu; and click End Process. After
explorer closes: click File on the menu bar; click New; type in
explorer.exe;
and click OK. On my computer, that brings up the desktop.

"Mark K" wrote:

But what do you do when you can't access *anything* but the black screen and
useless cursor? That's the situation on my nephews' computer. I can't seem
to get it to do anything but show the black screen with cursor. None of the
F8 options works any differently.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com