Computer problem....stumped!

[geowick07 10+ year member]

Starting last night, when I try to log off of my Vista machine, I get a black screen. All of the normal events take place, then bam, black screen. Need to hard boot to restart. Here is what I am running:

Vista Home Premium

Msi MoBo

2 gb ram

Intel P4 3.0gHz

NVIDIA GeForce 7600gs

(I know, all old as hell...still runs like a dream, though!)

Any help is appreciated!

geo

Click to read more...

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

"downgrade" to XP

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/sneaky.gif.7189749b3a3f769e8815b47e8ae87f88.gif

 

[geowick07 10+ year member]

"downgrade" to XP

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/sneaky.gif.7189749b3a3f769e8815b47e8ae87f88.gif

lol, no. I used to be a Vista hater, but since SP1, no problem!

geo

 

[bw_audio 10+ year member]

..

 

[chardy85 10+ year member]

http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/74232-blank-screen-after-switch-user.html

I don't see a resolution to it here, but it seems that other people are having similar problems....

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

lol, no. I used to be a Vista hater, but since SP1, no problem!


geo

obviously...

 

[jdc753 10+ year member]

on this black screen do you see a "C:\" ?????

Sorry I had to. Hope ya get it fixed, maybe its a USB device not powering down similar to the post up above.

 

[geowick07 10+ year member]

http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/74232-blank-screen-after-switch-user.html
I don't see a resolution to it here, but it seems that other people are having similar problems....

Found that link, as well, in my searches. No resolution. I think there may be a reformat and reinstall in my near future.

geo

 

[joker4096 10+ year member]

mine use to go blank here and there, doesn't do it anymore. it was on my laptop i would hit the button to turn the computer to sleep when it went blank and then i would turn it on again, worked like a charm. I took out the hdd and memory and dusted out the system, and works fine now

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

My PC does something similar when I have my iPod docked.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

anything Apple + Vista = //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

 

[CadillacMatt 10+ year member]

"downgrade" to XP

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/sneaky.gif.7189749b3a3f769e8815b47e8ae87f88.gif

Don't you mean UPgrade?

My new computer came with Vista and I switched to XP Pro in about 2 weeks lol

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

Don't you mean UPgrade?
My new computer came with Vista and I switched to XP Pro in about 2 weeks lol

i say it's an Upgrade but it is considered downgrade since it's older i guess.

XP sp3 and i got 99 problems and my PC aint one //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[geowick07 10+ year member]

Well, thought I would finish the thread that I started, so here is an update:

I searched for quite a few hours, with no other resolution found. The closest thing I found to explain the problem is that there is a small (read: 11.6kb) file that can become corrupted and cause the problem I explained in my first post. This file is not repairable via System Restore, System Recovery, or Startup Repair, three of the main ways of repairing Windows without a reformat and reinstall.

Finally decided to reinstall Windows. Went back to XP, as the PC I am using was built for it. It ran Vista just fine, but you can definitely tell a performance difference between the two OS's.

So, that was my day today. Reinstalling Windows today and moving music, video, documents, and everything else to my external, then back on. For some reason, I can think of many better ways to spend a day.

/vent

geo

 

[jer_stud56 10+ year member]

Personally, I've had Vista on my Dell XPS M1710 since June '07 and I have yet to have a problem with it yet. It's never froze or ever had a problem. I left it on for 65 days straight to try and make it freeze. Nothing.

At the moment I'm at home, on XP SP3 and there's a fcckton of spyware on here. Trying to clean it off. My Vista laptop doesn't get anything, ever.