After installing some windows updates the other night I then ran the Microsoft Bootvis program and rebooted only windows kept hanging on the Splash screen after this so I chose Use Previous Good Configuration and booted with that. Now that worked but I have one problem I now get a 5 second period of "Black Screen" just after the XP booting splash screen and just before entering windows. Its really bugging me as it was never there before. I've tried uinstalling the updates I got that night but to no avail. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what this might be?

I have Windows XP Pro with SP1

Asus A7n8x deluxe motherboard
512mb DDR Corsair XMS3200 Ram
Western Digital 80GB 8mb cache Hard drive
Radeon 9700 Pro GPU
AMD Barton 2800XP

Thanks in advance.

Try going back to a good restore point .

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/itpro/managing/restore.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q306084
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6268-1040596.html
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6268-1040596-2.html
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6268-1040596-3.html

Start the computer and then press the F8 key when Windows begins to start.
The Windows Advanced Options menu appears.
Use the ARROW keys to select Last Known Good Configuration (your most
recent settings that worked), and then press ENTER.
If a boot menu appears, use the ARROW keys to select Microsoft Windows XP,
and then press ENTER. Windows XP restores the computer to the most recent
restore point.