Anyone with Vista Knowledge?

Question

Hello to All,

Gotta a situation here. To be blunt, I am not much of a computer whiz. My Vista loads with a bar at the bottom of my screen that says Microsoft Corporation. then it go's to a black screen and then my mouse pointer pops up. I can move that pointer just fine, but it is just a black screen. Anyone have any clues? Yes- I ran the install DVD and ran all the repairs.

I am familiar with XP a bit, but Vista seems to be built on something called a BCD manager. I do not think it is the boot as it gets past the bar (progressing bar?) and that means it is the GUI, correct? What controls the Vista GUI and how can I repair it? step by step help would be great as I have very important family photos on there. My email is [e-mail]. If you know a lot about Vista, give me all the help you can....step by step, however you want so I can get this booting to my desktop.

Also, cannot go into safe mode or any mode for that matter.

Tried all diagnostics. It does seem to be the GUI. How can I rebuild or repair the gui? I was able to get it to try and boot into the non-gui interface, but it did the black screen again. Any ideas?

It was running fine before. Yes, as I stated before, I ran all DIAGS. I ran the Startup repair on the disk. I tried to revert back to system restore. Nothing works. What files would be corrupt? Can I get a little more info? I need some help or some kind of direction. I know it is not hardware, I know it has to do with the GUI....HOW do I fix that?

Answer 1

I'm just learning Vista myself.

Vista – Set to Classic View
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/b32f7ecb-fc45-490c-8482-6d9e9663f3c71033.mspx

Vista Tutorials
http://www.vistastic.com/

Microsoft Assistance Home Page
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX100647101033.aspx?pid=CL100569831033

Vista – Help and How to
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/results.aspx?qu=3d&sc=9
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/default.mspx


Vista 4 Beginners – Tutorials (Taskbar in Vista)
http://www.vista4beginners.com/tutorials

Vista Tips
http://itsvista.com/topic/tips/

Vista 4 Beginners - Change Font Size
http://www.vista4beginners.com/How-to-change-font-size


What to do When Vista Crashes
Because Microsoft's new operating system is bigger than its predecessors, it's more of a pain to reinstall. Here are some backup, repair, and monitoring methods so you won't have to, even if you encounter fatal startup errors..
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=55148

Save the Vista installation disk which came with your PC. You'll need it during the boot-repair process.

Answer 2

Is this a new installation, or one that's been installed for a while?

Have you done anything to the installation lately that might have messed things up, such as installed a new piece of hardware or software?

What happens when you're in safe mode?

You're saying that once it's got past the boot splash screen, it just hangs, but you can move the mouse yeah?

It sounds to me like you've got a few corrupt files etc. The installation DVD in repair mode would have sorted it all out though, or should have done.

If you want to backup all your stuff, so you're sure you have a backup of it (your pics etc), then your best bet would be to take the hard disk out of your system and whack it in another box as a slave drive and then copy everything across.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Black screen usually mean a hardware failure..
Did you try to go into the safe mode and, see what if anything, is different there? Altho,if it is hardware..I doubt that you will be able to have any luck there as well..
Feel free to send me an email if you like..