"anna" <anna@accblockspamcom> wrote in message
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> I just read this article http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8388253.stm
> which explains what happened to my computer 3 days ago. It just would not
> boot up after shuting off the computer. The system kicked into the black
> option screen where I selected to let Windows run a [forget the wording]
> restore function. It finally did restore the system. I thought it was
> caused by the automatic Sun Java update that I allowed to be installed
> just before that happened.
>
> Any more information on this that you all know about?
>
> My computer is a Vista Home Premium with MS Live One Care, core 2 duo HP
> 6000.
>
Your issue sounds slightly different.
The 'Black Screen of death' issue desribed in that article, from what I've
seen, is a replacement of the logon shell (which is normally 'explorer.exe')
with another shell, whereas yours (from what you've said) was an inability
to boot up at all.
Both 'black operations' of some sort though, if you can excuse the pun.
It's a curious and still developing story....
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Jon