[lmk7]

Hey guys,

Tried to start my computer this morning and, after passing through the windows loading screen, it went to a blank, black screen with just the cursor. Was looking around at what the problem may be, and found a solution. Ctrl+Alt+Del worked, clicked on file, added the "explorer" process, and everything was back to normal, functioning well. Turned it off again, and now it doesn't even get to the windows loading screen, it just goes plain black. I can get into BIOS. But i don't know of anything i could do. Seriously weird, and thinking it could be some form of corruption/virus. I have Symantec, but i usually don't take any notice of it, however, lately, threats were popping up every few minutes. Almost certain that this is directly related.

Thanks heaps!

Luke

[lunarlander]

My guess is that it is some program that starts as you bootup that is causing you problems. Reboot the PC, after the BIOS memory counting screen, repeatedly press F8 and you will come to a screen that offers starting in Safe Mode. Choose Safe Mode and when you're into Windows, run msconfig and see what programs are starting up upon boot. Disable those and see what happens.