Desktop Blink at Startup - ANNOYING

[Guest]

I am running Vista Home Prof. on a Vaio. When I boot up everything works but
after I log in and the desktop appears, after about 3 seconds the whole
screen blinks, as in turns black for no more than a second, then comes back
on and finishes loading.

I noticed that it always does this before it finished loading the items in
the taskbar by the clock. And it does NOT do it when I startup in Safe Mode.
I have checked MSconfig and turned off some of the startup items. I'm
wondering if there is a program or service starting in the background that
might cause this.

 

[Peter]

My desktop does exactly the same thing. It's the video card initializing I
think.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
P4 HT @ 3ghz, 4gb DDR, 700gb HDD
Soundblaster Audigy 4
ATI Radeon 9550 AGP Graphics

 

[Guest]

I wondered about the video card myself. Could it be a driver problem? I can't
find anything on any forums about it. Please let me know if you find a way to
fix this, or if I should just ignore it.

Thanks Peter.

 

[Peter]

It only does it once in a while here. Have you checked online if you have
the latest video drivers for whatever card you have.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
P4 HT @ 3ghz, 4gb DDR, 700gb HDD
Soundblaster Audigy 4
ATI Radeon 9550 AGP Graphics

 

[Ghost Rider]

I wondered about the video card myself. Could it be a driver problem? I can't
find anything on any forums about it. Please let me know if you find a way to
fix this, or if I should just ignore it.

i don't think there is a fix, i'd just ignore it and not worry about it.

just my 2 cents,
ghost

 

[tzmy79]

It only does it once in a while here. Have you checked online if you have
the latest video drivers for whatever card you have.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
P4 HT @ 3ghz, 4gb DDR, 700gb HDD
Soundblaster Audigy 4

Hi

I have the same situation on my toshiba.
Drivers are up to date.
That is normal, as Peter said, graphic card is initializing , do not
worry about that, after few weeks you will not see it

TZMY