Why does my screen go black after the Windows screen when I boot?

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I have been working on this computer for 2 weeks. Some how I knew it would be something simple like this. I talked (chatted with HP IT people, and they could not help me, tried all kind of things) Thanks, Leo you saved my computer.

Hey dude actually this thing happened to me when i was installing my intel driver with my ati driver on pc i changed in BIOS to the on board display card then while installing driver of intel 965ry[thats my motherboard] by mistake i changed the resolution of my monitor from then ts going blank my pc runs smoothly with my ati card as main one but if i change my display to the intel card it goes BLANK boom! no solution found yet but if u can help me ill be glad i am trying your process now but good info for noobs

Hey leo, My computer gets to this black out state, but I still can see the arrow pointer icon, and can move it around with the mouse. It also has a banner across the top saying "Window's XP home ed. Build # ... and Service Pack #.."
What could be possible wrong with this? I haven't been adding new video card drivers or anything. It just happened after i started it up one day. I've started it in all possible congigs, safe mode, safe mode w/ network, safe mode w/ command line prompt, last known good config, standard, all having the same result. Pls hlp...

I am (trying) to run my system using an NVidia Geforece 7300 GT and get the blank screen treatment. I doubt the resolution is the issue here as it ran fine for months without a snag, but then this hit me in the last couple of days with no changeds being made to the display settings. I have the latest drivers installed, but it didn't help (as it did when the same thing happened a few months back). I am running multiple OS's (Windows Vista Ultimate, XP Pro and a foreign language version of XP Home) and this happened simultaneously on all three OS's. I can boot to Safe Mode on all three, but any attempt to load drivers and run normally results in blank screens. Any ideas? I have disabled the card in Vista and it works well enough to do this, but it would be nice to get the card working again.

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Sounds to me like either the card or monitor has failed and may need to be
replaced. I'd check the cable and connections first, but consider borrowing a
monitor, and perhaps a card to see if they're broken.

Leo

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Just download the latest driver from your graphic card manufacturer. In my case, downloading and installing the on from NVIDIA website worked well. But of course you've got to reboot your computer in VGA mode otherwise you cannot do the downloading and installing part.

hi leo,
i came across your site whilst trying to find the solution for my computer problem. the error above occurred after i was already having problems with starting up my computer so i decided to open it up as the problem was relating to the hard drive.

before, i kept getting a black screen which said either "a disk read error occurred" or something like select proper boot device. i then would boot the hard drive and the windows screen would appear, and then reset, making no difference. my computer has been having problems for quite a while now and i only recently purchased new parts (graphics card, power supply, motherboard...) but did not purchase a new hard drive.

then, when i opened up the computer, i accidentally plugged both the legacy power and the sata power cables into the hard drive. after that, i took out the sata power cable and the problem appeared to be fixed. however, the screen turned black after the windows screen and i am unable to enter safe mode.

i am not very good with computers and your help would be much appreciated. thank you.

I'm not sure if this is similare or something else entirely. I'm running an hp laptop with vista home premium. I a restart as things were slowing down a bit. welcome screen with sign on came up, did my sign in, went to a blank screen with windos explorer showing. At least this gives me entry to the software and files. However no icons or task bar. I ran ms antivirus and spyware, no problems located. I can get to control panel, was abel to put up a new background however everytime I re-start it's as though I never did it. So far I've startated backing up my files, however a complete re-new is last resort as some of the software was purchased on line and I have no bu disks. Obviously I can get to the web as I'm typing this on the deficient machine. I was able to put the sidebar on top for one cycle of the system. Having done that it won't come up again. Also I can't seem to open task manager. and I have no restore points. One of the first things I tried. Any suggestions would be appreciated, other than making this a boat anchor. :)

Hi I hope this will be off help to anyone getting the black screen after windows XP logo
I had the same problem after a format and fresh install of windows when i installed the drivers for my gforce 6600 graphics card.
So after hours of attempts and many errors this is how i finnaly got my pc to work.
Firstly go to nvidia and look for driver version 71.84 and d/l this driver(i saved it to desktop for easier to locate)when the d/l is complete double click the file it will ask you where you want to extract the files(once again i chose desktop for ease),when it has finished extracting the files it will begin its auto install AS SOON AS YOU CAN CANCEL INSTALL all will become clear.
Now bring up display properties in controll panel click on display and advanced tab ,now you will see the adapter as a standard vga adapter click on DRIVERS tab and choose delete .windows will then delete its own standard drivers.
Now go back to control panel and click on add hardware. when it finds VGA adapter dont let it install windows drivers point it to the extracted drivers you have on your desktop.
now the best bit all of a sudden it comes up with found(in my case geforce 6600 display adapter)and installs all nvidias software for it REBOOT and xlnt pc is working fully.
I dont know if i can update to newer drivers not even gonna bother trying now i have it working
HOPE THIS HAS HELPED EVERYONE SORRY IT TOOK AGES TO EXPLAIN

BYE

good day leo! merry xmas!

i also have the same problem... im running a dual boot system... both windows vista ultimate...
i cant see my logon screen when logging in my 1st OS (my original OS)...i only see the bootscreen or the progress bar of the bootscreen...right after that, just a black background and a movable cursor...

but when i logon to my 2nd OS (my emergency OS), i can log in succesfully...actually im accessing the internet through this 2nd OS...

i already tried alot of things...
-vista startup repair that came with my vista dvd
-system restore through vista dvd, it did not find any restore points
-safe mode (all types of modes), still the same... same black screen...
-command prompt through vista dvd then performed:
>bootrec /mbr
>bootrec /fixboot
>bootrec /rebuildbcd
-also tried unplugging my 2nd HDD wherein my 2nd OS is installed, but no luck

OBSERVATIONS:
-in my 2nd OS, when i enable UAC then reboot, i cannot access the files on the drive of my original OS...
-but with UAC disabled, i can see all my files and documents of my original OS...
(this proves that it isnt a HDD problem)

if this was a videocard driver problem, how can i uninstall or revert the drivers that i have updated?
i also remember installing acronis true image home and defraggler before all these happened...

i hope you can help me leo...
wishing you a merry christmas!

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