Re: Desktop does not appear when booting

Michael, search this newsgroup for Black Screen of Death. There's a ton of
information already posted here.

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"Michael Chare" <> wrote in message
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> I have a copy of Vista which does not start properly in normal or safe
> mode. The desktop does not appear.
>
> When the PC boots I can sign on, but the screen with 'Windows' and a green
> background just remains and the disk light continues to flash. If I leave
> the PC long enough it goes to sleep and then will restart in this state.
> CTRL+ALT+DEL does not start the taskmanager.
>
> I can boot the PC using other operating systems. Is there anyting that I
> can do to make this copy of Vista start?
>
>
>
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> Michael Chare

Excellent!

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"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."


"Michael Chare" <> wrote in message
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> "Michael" <> wrote in message
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>> Michael, search this newsgroup for Black Screen of Death. There's a ton
>> of information already posted here.
>>
>
> Well I found a Vista recovery CD at neosmart.net which I burnt.
>
> I then did one more boot so that my boot manager would make the partition
> with the dud copy of Vista active. I booted in safe mode and the boot
> promptly worked. I was then able to boot normally - no need for the
> recovery CD!
>
>
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> Michael Chare