"John Galt" wrote in message
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RLM09 wrote:


Did you have to do anything to stop this happening again ?

Are you asking this of someone who last posted in 2007 or someone who
last posted in 2008?

American dating, not European. They were originally posted in July (jefry)
and August (eric), this year

"SC Tom" wrote:


"John Galt" wrote in message
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RLM09 wrote:


Did you have to do anything to stop this happening again ?

Are you asking this of someone who last posted in 2007 or someone who
last posted in 2008?

American dating, not European. They were originally posted in July (jefry)
and August (eric), this year

Missed those in this list that shows the first post being in October
of 2007.:

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...ee6def328f581#

"John Galt" wrote in message
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"SC Tom" wrote:


"John Galt" wrote in message
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RLM09 wrote:


Did you have to do anything to stop this happening again ?

Are you asking this of someone who last posted in 2007 or someone who
last posted in 2008?

American dating, not European. They were originally posted in July (jefry)
and August (eric), this year

Missed those in this list that shows the first post being in October
of 2007.:

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...ee6def328f581#


Those must have fallen off the server in Outlook Express and the ISP I use.
I don't do Google groups- OE is so much easier.
I stand corrected- I didn't see the earlier posts.

SC Tom

"SC Tom" wrote:


"John Galt" wrote in message
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"SC Tom" wrote:


"John Galt" wrote in message
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RLM09 wrote:


Did you have to do anything to stop this happening again ?

Are you asking this of someone who last posted in 2007 or someone who
last posted in 2008?

American dating, not European. They were originally posted in July (jefry)
and August (eric), this year

Missed those in this list that shows the first post being in October
of 2007.:

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...ee6def328f581#


Those must have fallen off the server in Outlook Express and the ISP I use.
I don't do Google groups- OE is so much easier.
I stand corrected- I didn't see the earlier posts.

I don't use Google Groups either... except to lookup a thread when
some bozo posts a reply without quoting, and I can't find the thread
in the two weeks of posts I keep here.

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:41:37 +0530, Calluminium
wrote:

I'm having the same problem, I boot up Vista, I get the logo and the
little jingle, then when I get to the login screen that does not appear
and instead its just a black screen with the cursor.

I've tried ctrl-alt-del, I get nothing.

I've tried ctrl-shft-esc, I get nothing.

I have a packard bell- and I tried the system restore at startup. When
I did that, the login screen DID flash up momentarily the first time I
booted up after the restore.

However, the screen soon went black again and allows me to do NOTHING.
Any help is appreciated!

I seen this before because either your primary partition or logical
partition have error, and Vista try to check it before fully boot.
Also if you have an external HD it also had slow it down too. If you
have a second HD or External HD, then either unplug or turn off before
boot. It happen to me last month, and I was able to correct by doing
this. Good Luck.

Worked for me... Wow... Thanks a bunch!


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I had the same problem, black screen and a cursor. I tried the
following:
1) Upgrading vista, nope
2) Repairing with DVD, nope
3) Restore point, nope
4) Testing memory, Told me mem was bad. This was the root cause of my
BSODS which eventually lead to my corrupted registry and finally black
screen w/cursor.
5) Ctrl alt delete@black screen, no workie.
6) chkdsk /f /r -fixed....just kidding

So I gave up and decided to backup my files and prepare for clean
install. Using a usb hard disk enclosure I removed the drive from the pc
and plugged the drive into my laptop. It came up but when I tried to
access the drive it said access denied! a permissions issue...

At this point do the following:
1) right click the drive, click properties.
2) Find the security tab
3) Add everyone with full control
4) Click apply
5) ignore any errors
6) Put drive back into pc

It booted up fine


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The solution turned out to be to modify the user account control (UAC)
to stop blacking out the screen. As soon as I changed this setting so it
was disabled, I was able to log in successfully to the "nuked" login
even after a reboot. The rest of this post covers how to do this, but I
must warn you it means the security settings are changed on your
computer as a result and this may have negative consequences. You have
been warned ...

This works on Windows Vista Business, which is what I have installed.
It may or may not work on other editions of Windows Vista. This may also
not necessarily fix the black screen after login issue for you.

Open up the Microsoft Management Console by pressing the windows key +
R to bring up the run dialog, enter "mmc" into the box.

You'll be prompted by UAC to continue. Click "Continue". From the
management console main menu, select "File" then "Add/Remove Snap-in".
Locate the "Group Policy Object" and click the "Add" button.

Another dialog will appear. Just click the "Finish" button and then
"OK".

The console root in the left side will now show a "Local Computer"
option. Expand this, then "Computer Configuration" then "Windows
Settings" then "Security Settings" then "Local Policies" then click on
"Security Options.

Once you have clicked the "Security Options" icon, the right pane will
show a whole bunch of options. Scroll to the bottom until you find the
one named "User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when
prompting for elevation". Double-click it.

Change it to "Disabled" and then click "OK". You can now exit the
management console and you will no longer get that black screen when UAC
prompts you to do something. In my case it means that when I log into my
user account I get a regular desktop instead of the black screen of
death! It's kind of odd that this is what was causing the issue but I'm
glad it has fixed it.


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ChadiDargham

The solution turned out to be to modify the user account control (UAC)
to stop blacking out the screen. As soon as I changed this setting so it
was disabled, I was able to log in successfully to the "nuked" login
even after a reboot. The rest of this post covers how to do this, but I
must warn you it means the security settings are changed on your
computer as a result and this may have negative consequences. You have
been warned ...

This works on Windows Vista Business, which is what I have installed.
It may or may not work on other editions of Windows Vista. This may also
not necessarily fix the black screen after login issue for you.

Open up the Microsoft Management Console by pressing the windows key +
R to bring up the run dialog, enter "mmc" into the box.

You'll be prompted by UAC to continue. Click "Continue". From the
management console main menu, select "File" then "Add/Remove Snap-in".
Locate the "Group Policy Object" and click the "Add" button.

Another dialog will appear. Just click the "Finish" button and then
"OK".

The console root in the left side will now show a "Local Computer"
option. Expand this, then "Computer Configuration" then "Windows
Settings" then "Security Settings" then "Local Policies" then click on
"Security Options.

Once you have clicked the "Security Options" icon, the right pane will
show a whole bunch of options. Scroll to the bottom until you find the
one named "User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when
prompting for elevation". Double-click it.

Change it to "Disabled" and then click "OK". You can now exit the
management console and you will no longer get that black screen when UAC
prompts you to do something. In my case it means that when I log into my
user account I get a regular desktop instead of the black screen of
death! It's kind of odd that this is what was causing the issue but I'm
glad it has fixed it.


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ChadiDargham