Hi out there! I've done something to my laptop, and it may be something very
small, or I'm in big trouble. I hope someone can help me! I plugged my
aunt's camera into my laptop to download some photos. I THINK I may have
gone into the Window Media Centre and clicked on "run as administrator" and
now, when I turn on the computer, I get as far as choosing the user, entering
my password, and then the screen goes black and all I can see is the
cursor!!! Has this ever happened to anyone, and can anyone pleeeeeese help!
My life is in that stupid laptop!!! Thanks very much!
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Sonia

Boot to Safe Mode (Press F8 on restart, during the 'black screen, after your
BIOS screen)
You can probably see the option to boot to "Command prompt"
Run the command in this article.
HOW TO Start System Restore Tool from Command Prompt (Q304449):
[url]http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q304/4/49.asp[/url]
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"Sonia" <Sonia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2BBF1BFD-C35C-4C1F-B227-BE9C455EE929@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hi out there! I've done something to my laptop, and it may be something
> very
> small, or I'm in big trouble. I hope someone can help me! I plugged my
> aunt's camera into my laptop to download some photos. I THINK I may have
> gone into the Window Media Centre and clicked on "run as administrator"
> and
> now, when I turn on the computer, I get as far as choosing the user,
> entering
> my password, and then the screen goes black and all I can see is the
> cursor!!! Has this ever happened to anyone, and can anyone pleeeeeese
> help!
> My life is in that stupid laptop!!! Thanks very much!
> --
> Sonia[/color]

Hi Paul, thanks very much! I re-booted in safe mode. So far it's brought up
my "users"...let's see what happens next ....well, I'm still getting a black
screen, it just says "safe mode" in each corner and "Microsoft (R) Windows
(R) (Build 6000)" on the top of the screen!!!!! Any ideas? Yes, this is
Vista.
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Sonia


"PMcGarr" wrote:
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>
> Try to boot in safe mode by pressing the F8 key repeatedly while your
> laptop is booting. Eventually you will see a list of choices. Pick Safe
> Mode and see how far you get. If you get in, try to boot normally. If
> booting normally doesn't work, do the F8 thing again, and chose "Last
> known good configuration". See how that works for you.
>
> If that doesn't work, post back because there are a few things you can
> do. Don't get too worried yet. Most likely everything is safe.
>
> I'm assuming that you are using Vista?
>
> Paul
>
>
> --
> PMcGarr
>
> case: antec p182
> psu: corsair 750tx
> mobo: asus maximus formula
> cpu: intel q6600
> ram: 8gb ocz ddr2 800mhz
> vga: sapphire radeon hd3870 512mb
> tv: sapphire theatrix 650pro
> hdd: 2x wd caviar 250gb sata (raid 0)
> hdd: 3x wd caviar 500gb sata (raid 5)
> os: vista ultimate 64bit
>[/color]

Hi Paul,

The Last known good configuration only replaces the following branch in the
Registry.
If it's a driver issue then it may work, but I don't see where she says she
installed anything.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet

It's possible that she improperly unplugged the camera and caused a
corruption. I've also seen for whatever reason leaving one plugged in on a
restart would cause the black screen with a flashing cursor. A have a Dell
system in my shop right now and if anything is in the USB port will stop it
cold, unplug it and it starts right up.

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All the best,
SG

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"PMcGarr" <PMcGarr.35wfm4@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:PMcGarr.35wfm4@no-mx.forums.net...[color=blue]
>
> Did you try "Last known good configuration" from the same menu you used
> to start safe mode? If not, try that.
>
> Paul
>
>
> --
> PMcGarr
>
> case: antec p182
> psu: corsair 750tx
> mobo: asus maximus formula
> cpu: intel q6600
> ram: 8gb ocz ddr2 800mhz
> vga: sapphire radeon hd3870 512mb
> tv: sapphire theatrix 650pro
> hdd: 2x wd caviar 250gb sata (raid 0)
> hdd: 3x wd caviar 500gb sata (raid 5)
> os: vista ultimate 64bit[/color]