I had this problem, but I started with the normal safe mode, then rebooted,
and it worked magically!
"rbw56" wrote:
> There should be a new Group titled "Black Screen of Frustration" as I have
> this problem and I have read all the posts, there are a lot of them out there
> and there are NO SOULITIONS to be found anywhere. I think it is Video Card
> related but there are option for safe mode, do not work, option for plain
> jane video card, does not work either. No solution yet... I will find it, I
> do sooner or later, but MSFT never pays me.... or gives us any free stuff for
> destroying our systems and doing all the RD teams work to get this thing on
> the market.
>
> "Dconstructed" wrote:
>
> > I am running into the exact same problem you are except that I got mine to
> > fully boot with login screen and everything the first couple of times. And
> > then the screen disappeared.
> >
> > If anyone can help....
> >
> > "Gunder" wrote:
> >
> > > I have been running Vista since the public beta 2 became available. Some days
> > > ago after loading Vista the usual way there where no login icons or nice
> > > colors, it was just a brown/black screen color with the "MS Windows Vista
> > > Beta ..." notice in the lower right corner. I have tried different startup
> > > options (safe mode, logging, last known good setup and so on) but I do not
> > > get any contact with the pc. When I touch the mouse the arrow is moving, so
> > > the pc is not dead.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions what to do?
> > >
> > > Is it possible to do a "repair" install with beta 2 so I do not have to
> > > install all the applications ones more?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance!
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