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re: problems restarting Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 10:17 am Posted by John Liebson (845 messages posted) Is this basically what you see: Screen goes black, then you get the MS screen with a progress bar near the bottom, then black again until you see the welcome screen? That's normal, along with pauses as Vista loads; as you've not provided any details, it is somewhat difficult to know if what you are seeing is what you ought to see. (I don't recall precisely what happens during that last step if you don't use a password; if you do, you get the welcome and a place to type in the password.) On Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 9:42 am, alan wrote: >i have a laptop with windows vista installed on it,whenever i try to restart my computer,the >screen goes black and pauses,this has happened since i purchased it,can anyone help?cheers [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: problems restarting Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 10:48 am Posted by alan (6 messages posted) thanks for your reply,the screen goes blank and there's nothing else the screen just stay's black and stops loading,i've tried pressing f8 at start up and ran different checks for errors but no problems were found. On Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 10:17 am, John Liebson wrote: > >Is this basically what you see: Screen goes black, then you get the MS screen with >a progress bar near the bottom, then black again until you see the welcome screen? > >That's normal, along with pauses as Vista loads; as you've not provided any details, >it is somewhat difficult to know if what you are seeing is what you ought to see. > >(I don't recall precisely what happens during that last step if you don't use a password; >if you do, you get the welcome and a place to type in the password.) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: problems restarting Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 11:20 am Posted by Wolfcub (9 messages posted) hello Is this a laptop? I have a client whose laptop goes like that (blank screen and flashing cursor) when it gets too hot, she was using it on her lap, but when she placed the laptop on a flat surface where the air was allowed to circulate properly it boots up everytime without any problems [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: problems restarting Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 11:55 am Posted by John Liebson (845 messages posted) The cure for the problem is simple: Delete the extraneous apostrophe in "stay's".... On the serious side, this link may lead you to an actual cure; as always, I make no guarantees other than my usual money-back offer if this does not assist you: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/91467-startup-repair.html It is entirely possible, perhaps even likely, that someone else will provide you with better assistance than I can. On Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 10:48 am, alan wrote: >thanks for your reply,the screen goes blank and there's nothing else the screen just >stay's black and stops loading,i've tried pressing f8 at start up and ran different >checks for errors but no problems were found. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: problems restarting Friday, August 28, 2009 at 5:09 am Posted by Charlie Hadden (1338 messages posted) One thing that is rather common as already suggested it the heat issue. If you have been doing a lot of work and the machines gotten hot let is rest (cool) a bit before attempting a restart. Much like a hot car, if you just shut it off, the fan has now stopped cooling it and it actually gets hotter for a few moments and it takes even longer to cool before it can reach a temperature that it will allow itself to restart. Just a little extra advise; Never use a laptop on a cloth (especially something like a blanket or comforter) surface, sofa or chair. Always let it cool (Idle) foe 5-30 minutes before shutting down. Programs like games and photo rendering use more processor power causing more heat. In a laptop a fragmented hard drive can cause more heat to build up as it has to search and seek more taking longer to find a file. Getting a Laptop fan/cooling unit saves a lot of heat strain on them. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: problems restarting Friday, August 28, 2009 at 5:39 am Posted by Kevinh (634 messages posted) If it's still under guarantee take it back, which you should have done in the frist palce. On Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 9:42 am, alan wrote: >i have a laptop with windows vista installed on it,whenever i try to restart my computer,the >screen goes black and pauses,this has happened since i purchased it,can anyone help?cheers [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum