Desktop does not appear when booting
 

I have a copy of Vista which does not start properly in normal or safe mode.
The desktop does not appear.

When the PC boots I can sign on, but the screen with 'Windows' and a green
background just remains and the disk light continues to flash. If I leave
the PC long enough it goes to sleep and then will restart in this state.
CTRL+ALT+DEL does not start the taskmanager.

I can boot the PC using other operating systems. Is there anyting that I
can do to make this copy of Vista start?



--
Michael Chare

Desktop does not appear when booting
 

Michael, search this newsgroup for Black Screen of Death. There's a ton of
information already posted here.

--


"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."


"Michael Chare" wrote in message
...
I have a copy of Vista which does not start properly in normal or safe
mode. The desktop does not appear.

When the PC boots I can sign on, but the screen with 'Windows' and a green
background just remains and the disk light continues to flash. If I leave
the PC long enough it goes to sleep and then will restart in this state.
CTRL+ALT+DEL does not start the taskmanager.

I can boot the PC using other operating systems. Is there anyting that I
can do to make this copy of Vista start?



--
Michael Chare

Desktop does not appear when booting
 

"Michael" wrote in message
...
Michael, search this newsgroup for Black Screen of Death. There's a ton
of information already posted here.



I googled before I posted! Often google works and it is amazing how often
it solves my problems of this nature, but in this case there was no error
message to get a good match!.

I will try your suggestion, but in this case I am not getting a Black
Screen!



--
Michael Chare

Desktop does not appear when booting
 

"Michael" wrote in message
...
Michael, search this newsgroup for Black Screen of Death. There's a ton
of information already posted here.


Well I found a Vista recovery CD at neosmart.net which I burnt.

I then did one more boot so that my boot manager would make the partition
with the dud copy of Vista active. I booted in safe mode and the boot
promptly worked. I was then able to boot normally - no need for the recovery
CD!


--
Michael Chare

Desktop does not appear when booting
 

Excellent!

--


"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."


"Michael Chare" wrote in message
...
"Michael" wrote in message
...
Michael, search this newsgroup for Black Screen of Death. There's a ton
of information already posted here.


Well I found a Vista recovery CD at neosmart.net which I burnt.

I then did one more boot so that my boot manager would make the partition
with the dud copy of Vista active. I booted in safe mode and the boot
promptly worked. I was then able to boot normally - no need for the
recovery CD!


--
Michael Chare