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Thread ID: 94555 2008-11-03 22:53:00 Graphics error I think DeSade (984) Press F1
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717041 2008-11-03 22:53:00 I need to do some testing of this tonight but as a prelim.

If I see a windows boot screen (it boots fine as far as I can tell) then a black screen with just a white cursor.
Am I dealing with a graphics problem?
DeSade (984)
717042 2008-11-03 23:06:00 can you type commands and have the console respond? If so, its not a graphics error, its probably a windows loading error utopian201 (6245)
717043 2008-11-03 23:11:00 I can't see anything cept the mouse cursor.
Looks like windows has loaded but there is no GUI
DeSade (984)
717044 2008-11-03 23:13:00 Could be corrupt video drivers.

Will it boot into safe mode??

If it does, uninstall the video drivers (if it'll let you). Then reboot. Then reinstall a later version of the video drivers

Were any hotfixes / windows updates installed, before this happened?

It looks like MS Onecare can do this, if it finds an infection, and tells you to reboot

Or this is system is infected with something

Put the hdd in a working system as a slave, and scan it
Speedy Gonzales (78)
717045 2008-11-03 23:17:00 I am not sure what was up with it, the info I got is it just "stopped working"
Having trouble finding safe mode also, F8 gives me the option to boot from CD or HDD only.
DeSade (984)
717046 2008-11-03 23:26:00 Reboot then press F5.

Some systems do use F8 as both the boot disk (you select the bootdisk, then hold F8 down, to bring up the menu)

And the menu
Speedy Gonzales (78)
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