“Black Screen of Death” Reports

re: “Black Screen of Death” Reports

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:37:38 GMT

I've just ran a fix from a Security website I got from 'Computer World' website and hopefully that will resolve the matter , if not and I can't fix the problem by the weekend then come the weekend I will install Linux 'Ubuntu' Operating System' it can't do much worse...besides I know a guy who has been using Linux for over 5 years and he loves it and had no problems .

re: “Black Screen of Death” Reports

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:34:55 GMT

Of course Microsoft denies this saying it is due to some malware or virus infection , and of course they are going to deny it !!... imagine the lawsuits , and bad publicity ( not that they need any help in that area , they do quite well all by themselves ) if they openly admitted they cocked-up ! !

I say "Bullsh*t" to Microsoft !...I've done 5 fresh re-installs of Windows Vista to factory default , which theoretically should have no infections . So somewhere when a fresh re-install logs onto Microsoft website and Microjerks start sending you the latest updates a dodgy update is sent in the mix that gives you 'T...he Black Screen Of Death' .

re: “Black Screen of Death” Reports

OweEng2 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:13:01 GMT

Hi rhalbh, I totally agree with you that it's not windows update that's causing it. Me and my friend has the same PC and same Anti-Virus but apparently he doesn't update regularly unlike me. He also caught the "Black Screen of Death" but not me.

re: “Black Screen of Death” Reports

rhalbheer — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:14:13 GMT

I am not saying that there is no Black Screen problem. I am saying Microsoft Update is not causing it. This is an important differentiation.

What we know is that there are viruses which are causing the "Black Screen of Death" - mainly beacuse some access rights in the registries are changed. You should - however be able to boot from a installation media and go to the recovery mode. Honestly, it is very, very hard to help you from far but I defintiely understand your frustration.

Where are you living (which country)? This might help me to help you where you have to get to.

You can mail me if you want to roger.halbheer@microsoft.com

re: “Black Screen of Death” Reports

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:03:10 GMT

This crap is ridiculous. I've been a mac avoid-er mainly because they don't have a right mouse button. (I mean, come on!) But I think this clinches it. I can't use my computer because of the black screen of death so I'm sitting here using my parent's mac anyway.

I haven't installed anything on my computer recently except the microsoft update. Even if the update wasn't the problem why should it be so easy for something to make my computer basically a paperweight? Even safemode doesn't work.

I've barely had this computer for a year. If I can't find a fix in a few days, dude, I'm gettin a MAC.