Windows xp load screen black

And thanks for your help guys! Follow the steps below with the System started in Safe Mode with Networking. Click Start, Run type msconfig and press Enter. Now if you have the Configuration Utility open. Configure selective startup options In the System Configuration Utility dialog box, click the General tab, and then click Selective Startup. INI File check box. Click to clear the Process WIN.

Click to clear the Load Startup Items check box. INI are checked. Click the Services tab. Click to select the Hide All Microsoft Services check box. Click Disable All, and then click OK. When you are prompted, save the settings and restart the PC.

If it is working in Normal mode re-enable one item at a time until you find out what is causing the problems. When you have it sorted out re-run the Configuration Utility and in the System Configuration Utility dialog box, click the General tab, and then click Normal Startup.

I followed the steps but i still got the black screen. The startup change didn't help I downloaded the RootKit Revealer but I don't really know what to do with it. What should I do after the scan is completed?

Bleeping Computer is a link to a removal site that will give you an insight into different types of Virus and how to remove them. If you're asking for technical help, please be sure to include all your system info, including operating system, model number, and any other specifics related to the problem. Then comes the moveable cursor on the blank black screen. Hi, I just arrived here from Google. I've got this exact same problem on Win2k.

It started earlier today, no idea how or why or what changed on my system. Recently updated ATI's Catalyst drivers to the newest 5. Booting into windows I just get a black screen with the mouse cursor, nothing else visible. I can tell it loads the startup items. The workaround I figured out was to pop in a game cd that autoruns and shortcut from there to begin the game, changing display modes, and the display responds.

I can then quit out of the game Warcraft 3 in this case and get back to the desktop no problem. Everything functions fine after that.

I've never seen anything like this. Only thing else that's changed lately were the latest set of windows updates. I'm going to go look into that now. After long periods of working this issue on my clients computer, I have the FIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least it worked for me! My clients machine is good as new.

She had something that hung SP2 and the computer could not recover. I did all the things everyone mentioned in this thread, last known good, restore, nothing seem to work! Among other things of course. My particular problem was related to corruption, or something, with the display drivers. Yesterday I un-installed, driver cleaner, re-installed and things are working again normally. Windows XP started to freeze at boot when loading drivers.

Was able to get to the HD with acroplis and make a backup. Thought an XP file was corrupt, so went to repair mode and fixboot, but this didn't work. Disabled most services. This did not work. Used memtest86 to check memory. No errors.

Used Seagate to check HD for errors. No Errors. Checked Power, Temp etc All tests came back OK. Thought maybe XP was just corrupt with a virus or something. Go to the BIOS and reset everything to default. After this, change the bootsetup in the bios to boot to the cd rom.

Download BartPE on another computer and follow the directions to create a basic BartPE boot disk then boot you computer from that disk It's a cd. It will let you access a dos environment and it will let you run some tests.

I don't have a floppy drive either and haven't for years. You don't need it for this. I will try the bootdisk thing. It will take me a bit. I apperciate the help fastco and pracheck. I tried to reset the bios to default boot sequence but no dice either.

For the love of god, I want to get into MS-Dos but f8 isn't doing it for me. Either way thank you for both for the help. Gonna give the bootdisk a go before I kill something.

I tried the boot disk, graphics card, hard drive, memory, bios ubgrade, and nothing works. The only thing that I have not substituted is the motherboard. Let me know if you find anything out. Yes, and I too have the problem. I checked out Microsoft's view on the matter but even after making a boot disk like they said it didn't work. Because I have to just turn it off each time every time I start it it'll ask what mode I want to boot in even with the bootdisk.

Then I get a black and white loading bar at the bottom that once it completes gives only a black screen. However, this happened to me during disk changeovers. The new hard drive I'd ghosted onto doesn't want to boot it seems and I would at least like to run my old one. So basically somewhere along the line of switching and testing hard drives this problem has arisen.

I rebooted and it was fixed and this problem hasn't happen again 5 months now. Can you try this before going to the more rigorous tests? And since you can go to safemode, you can also view your event logs in the computer management console to see if it logged what ever is causing this black screen. Replies Taken 2 Iron.

It may be a shot in the dark, but you could try reseating your video card. This was an issue my machine had a while back and that solved it. Sonja D4 2 Bronze. My computer is doing the same thing. Which option do I use? I have tried the "last good configuration with no luck. I contacted the Dell chat room and they had me remove all the run cards except video and try, but it made no difference.