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Black Screen HELP!
« on: August 26, 2014, 05:55:27 PM »
Switched laptop on on have a black screen?
It come up HP.
Then the front page.
Then the login.
After that it's a black screen with mouse visible and mobile.
I've tried different suggestions from the net but nothing works.
On one occasion I got up a fixing thing supposedly from Microsoft which wanted money?
Face Book was also there and I could use it.
Once I had closed down the fixer and facebook it went back to a black screen.
Any ideas ?
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Re: Black Screen HELP!
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2014, 06:00:13 PM »
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Re: Black Screen HELP!
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2014, 06:03:40 PM »
What you been smoking Pete the Paint  ;D
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Re: Black Screen HELP!
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2014, 06:27:57 PM »
Have you tried booting into 'Safe Mode', think you have to hold F8 whilst booting up.
If that works, try a system restore.
Really needs to be looked at  :(
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Re: Black Screen HELP!
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2014, 06:43:28 PM »
Yes tried that Fly it's not doing anything.
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Re: Black Screen HELP!
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2014, 06:54:43 PM »
What you been smoking Pete the Paint  ;D

Think he's 'doing his bit' for Apple computers again!!!
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Re: Black Screen HELP!
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2014, 07:05:40 PM »
Isn't this a newish lappy ?
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Re: Black Screen HELP!
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2014, 07:51:07 PM »
What happened after a reboot?
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Re: Black Screen HELP!
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2014, 08:12:09 PM »
It's about 13 months old and after the reboot it does exactly the same thing.
Just going to have another go at it.
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Re: Black Screen HELP!
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2014, 10:21:12 PM »
Nope been at it all night, can't do it. Best I can call up is the Task manager and something else but can't remember what !! It wouldn't let me do anything anyway only accept 'Yes'
Laptop hospital next stop  :'(
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Re: Black Screen HELP!
« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2014, 10:29:22 PM »
It needs booting from a system disk so someone can take a look.
Not much help when I'm 200 miles away  ;)
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Re: Black Screen HELP!
« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2014, 09:37:20 PM »
Had a tip off from a friend - see the link below.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/2465631/microsoft-pulls-august-windows-update-after-crashes.html
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Re: Black Screen HELP!
« Reply #12 on: August 27, 2014, 10:03:57 PM »
Hope you get it sorted OC, the link to the August update you posted didn't even work for me.
Not sure if that is down to Travelodge wifi, or the amount of people nation/world wide trying to access it  ::)

Microsoft cock up, bet they don't pay out for the inconvenience caused to customers. T&C's no doubt cover their own back.
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Re: Black Screen HELP!
« Reply #13 on: August 28, 2014, 09:54:09 AM »
Grandson has a disk Fly he tells me he downloaded different ones after he bought a new computer without a disc - it seems they don't always give them now which is why I couldn't find one for daughters ( unless it's at her place)
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Re: Black Screen HELP!
« Reply #14 on: August 29, 2014, 06:29:58 PM »
It's sorted !  ;)
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