It must be a virus.....2 of my friends same

[Guest afhstingray]

the computer boots, windows loading.....then at the logon (xp) screen, the screen goes black....

need to cut the power and reboot several times before windows will load!!

anybody have any idea what this is?

[Guest beersoft]

try a safemode boot then antivirus/spyware scan

worst case is a windows reinstall, and worst worst case is a format/reinstall

later

Owen

[Guest afhstingray]

yes yes i know, but i was wondering if anyone knew the name of this virus/whatever it is

[Guest i_oWn_u]

put it in safe mode and find out ;)

[Guest mupwangle]

MIght not be a virus/spyware at all. My computer started doing something similar when I installed the last security update (I think it was MS-019-020, but I ain't sure)

SInce it bust have you managed to get into windows at all? Hopefully not because you can press f8 on boot to the last known good configuration. (last successful login)

Check the event viewer for errors. Have you made any changes (devices or software) before this all went pete tong? Have you got the XP system restore tool running (in which case you can roll back your configuration)

I personally haven't heard of a virus that has those symptoms, but there are always new ones. Check with your mates to see if they've just installed the windows update.

[Guest MECX]

I had a problem like this and it was actually the graphics card driver got stuck outputting through the TV out and not the VGA, to check this just right click on the desktop go to properties then settings, find the monitor settings and make sure the TVout is off. You could also just upgrade the graphics driver.