http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/feature/7783156C7397FD72CC25768000001E6F
Microsoft denies blame for 'black screens of death'
The windows patches which seem common to the issue arising are KB915597 and KB976098."
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2254291/microsoft-shoots-black-screen
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Microsoft today denied that its November Windows updates are causing a widespread "black screen" lock-out of users' PCs.
notblocklox
offlineretired
I found this the other day:
Prevx offers a free fix for Windows Black Screen
This black-screen-of-death is one of the few bugs my system doesn't annoy me with, so I didn't try the fix.
Violet4714
offlineMember
Prevx apologizes to MS, says malware is to blame:
http://www.prevx.com/blog/141/Windows-Black-Screen-Root-Cause.html
notblocklox
offlineretired
Thanks Violet, it's interesting (and entertaining) to read the user comments, especially :
...just feels abit like alot of these issues are more to do with the interface between the chair and the keyboard...
Violet4714
offlineMember
lol...
agree with you, Graylox...
i've caused quite a few myself...
: )
copmom
offlineMember
My problem had to do with the batch of updates on 10/15/09. When rebooting, I get the welcome screen, an hourglass, then a blank blue screen and it takes a full 8 minutes before the start/task bar and desktop icons show up. It would not allow a system restore. After that it works fine.
I have tried everything I could find online to fix this.
As I told someone else, I don't feel like spending a couple hours on the phone with a Microsoft tech. that probably doesn't speak English!
This had nothing to do with "interface between the chair and the keyboard".. this had to do with Microsofts auto updates, which I now have set to NOT allow that anymore!
copmom
offlineMember
Addendum.. one thing I did note when I clicked on one of the links above was that someone was having a problem with their HP printer. Well, mine has USB ports for camera cards and my computer stopped recognizing my card reader quite some time ago. This rang a bell, so unplugged HP printer from computer and plugged in camera card reader. For a brief while it DID show up so there IS a connection (or conflict) between my printers card slots and the computer. Must piddle around with this some more!
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