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Name: shakushinnen Date: October 1, 2007 at 08:35:58 Pacific OS: win2000 CPU/Ram: p3/sd Product: franky
Comment:
Hi, I haven't used my windows 2000 machine for a few months. When I tried booting it up today, everything seemed fine, except that after the startup screen (the coloured one with the windows logo), I got a blank (black) screen, no cursor, nothing. Anyone know what might be the problem? Thanks, John
Name: OtheHill Date: October 1, 2007 at 10:20:12 Pacific
Reply:
Try booting into Safe Mode by tapping F8 at startup. Once in safe mode go to device manager and have a look around for any hardware problems.
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Response Number 2
Name: shakushinnen Date: October 1, 2007 at 17:34:49 Pacific
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Hi OtheHill, You're a bloody genius. I did as you suggested, then reactivated the last known good configuration. Thanks. The reason I wanted to get my windows 2000 machine working is that I'm having trouble with a winnt4 laptop I was given. It's my own bloody fault. Anyway I was hoping I could use the windows 2000 machine to straighten out that problem. (Give me a problem with window 98 to solve and I'm O.K. but my ingorance of winnt and 2000 knows no bounds.) Would you mind having a look at this http://www.computing.net/windowsnt/... and letting me know if you have any suggestions. Thanks again, John
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Response Number 3
Name: OtheHill Date: October 1, 2007 at 19:40:34 Pacific
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Not sure if it will help or not but you could try re-installing the video drivers while in safe mode.
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Response Number 4
Name: shakushinnen Date: October 3, 2007 at 07:08:01 Pacific
Reply:
Hi, No, that didn't work. I've described my solution in the other post. Thanks, John
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