Black screen when logging into Vista

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orin76

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I've been trying out Windows Vista Business for the last 3 weeks and I've been dealing with a regular problem, where I get a black screen after logging in. I can still see the mouse pointer and the keyboard lights respond, but nothing else works. Pressing the power button does not shut the machine down like it should. Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del has no effect. This only affects my primary user, I have two other users which work fine.

After much googling, I discovered various solutions which solve the problem until another reboot or two later, it re-appears. I have already tried the following:

1. Modifying group policy so Vista does not use the secure desktop when prompting for permissions.
2. Uninstalling Nvidia drivers and installing the latest and greatest.
3. Deleting the user profile. This works for about 3/4 reboots, but I need to configure my desktop, email, browsers, internet connections etc. every time and it's a pain.

I'm running an Intel Q6600 quad core on a Gigabyte GA P35-DS3L motherboard, with 3GB DDR-800 RAM and an Nvidia 8800GT graphics card. All the software installed is vista compliant and so are the drivers. Windows Vista has SP1 installed and is up to date with Windows Update.

Anybody had similar experiences.
 
I've had that randomly. Mine kinda went away? :/ Easiest thing to do would prob do a system restore or do a repair of Vista. Might also be your graphics card?
 
Tsugaru said:
I've had that randomly. Mine kinda went away? :/ Easiest thing to do would prob do a system restore or do a repair of Vista. Might also be your graphics card?
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I already tried the restore option. The graphics card is fine. It worked no problem when I was using XP. I'm typing this using Opensuse 11 running KDE with compiz. No problems with the GPU in linux either. I really don't want to do a Vista repair. I guess I'm lucky I was just trying Vista out and hadn't forked over R1000+ for it yet.
 
Reload vista, Could also be your using a bad pirated version.

Maybe download a better pirated version of windows vista.
 
Also check out your drivers. There are known prob's with certain vista/nvidia drivers that stop responding or don't load at the weirdest of times
 
I also have that problem occasionally. Not often, since I never use Windows anymore, but it is a bit of an apparently unsolvable glitch.
 
I'm running a corporate edition (I can still use the serial another 4 times) but that doesn't make it any less buggier than a pirated version.
 
Thestealth said:
Also check out your drivers. There are known prob's with certain vista/nvidia drivers that stop responding or don't load at the weirdest of times
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I initially installed the latest (as of 3 weeks ago) NVidia drivers, but when the problem re-occurred, I installed the Nvidia drivers provided by Windows Update instead. The problem remained.
 
This only affects my primary user, I have two other users which work fine.
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Thats your starting point right there. All the users use the same drivers...so it can't be that. All users use the same hardware...can't be that.

I'm inclined to blame the software you are installing or your configuring....these two are kept separately for each user.

I'd say your pretty much limited to installing each bit...waiting a few days...then installing the next piece of software/configuring. Until you figure out which of the changes you are making is causing the problem.

killadoob said:
Maybe download a better pirated version of windows vista.
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Comment of the day.:cool:
 
HavocXphere said:
I'd say your pretty much limited to installing each bit...waiting a few days...then installing the next piece of software/configuring. Until you figure out which of the changes you are making is causing the problem.
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I was hoping for something definitive, but I do appreciate the feedback I've received. I'd originally planned to run Vista for a full month before deciding whether or not to buy, but I don't think it's worth reinstalling everything piecemeal. I'll stick with my Linux/XP combo until Vista SP3/4 or the price falls below R700, whichever comes first.

Once again, thank you for all your feedback.
 
hey just upgrade the business to ultimate with the dvd,dont put any serial key in and ugrade,see if this fixes your problem,It did fix mine ,and i was on business.
I hope you never downloaded the second latest nvida drivers.It gives problems
 
orin76 said:
I was hoping for something definitive, but I do appreciate the feedback I've received.
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Something is crashing the startup...and I doubt its going to get any more definitive via forum-diagnosis.

You could give BootVIS a shot...I think it has some trouble-shooting features.
 
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