Computer help.

[x10secondzx2]

Can anyone help me out on this. I was on my computer the other day and the little autoupdate sign appeared at the bottom right corner of the screen. It was an up grade to service pack 3. So I click install and am surfin the web and all that good stuff. It finishes and askes if I want to restart my computer now. I click not now and go on my merry way. So about an hour later I decide im done for the night and I will restart so the update can take effect. Well it goes through its normal thing with the windows loading screen then the screen goes black and the mouse arrow shows up. That is it. No desktop. No nothing. I can move the mouse around but that's is. it just stays black. I have tried restarting in, "safe" mode, last known good config, and still nothing. Can anyone tell me what is wrong or how to get the desktop to show? It is greatly appreciated. I would rather not reinstall window but if I have to I will. Is there away to reinstall windows without deleting the harddrive(s)?

 

[Dr Chill]

Can anyone help me out on this. I was on my computer the other day and the little autoupdate sign appeared at the bottom right corner of the screen. It was an up grade to service pack 3. So I click install and am surfin the web and all that good stuff. It finishes and askes if I want to restart my computer now. I click not now and go on my merry way. So about an hour later I decide im done for the night and I will restart so the update can take effect. Well it goes through its normal thing with the windows loading screen then the screen goes black and the mouse arrow shows up. That is it. No desktop. No nothing. I can move the mouse around but that's is. it just stays black. I have tried restarting in, "safe" mode, last known good config, and still nothing. Can anyone tell me what is wrong or how to get the desktop to show? It is greatly appreciated. I would rather not reinstall window but if I have to I will. Is there away to reinstall windows without deleting the harddrive(s)?

What kind of computer is it
on some you can use F8 to reboot windows from the start up
LMK what your workin with & maybe I could guide yuo step by step over the phone
My friend had the same issue & I was able to help her over the phone from the Black screen to back online in roughly 3 hrs
Hope you get the issue fixed
John

 

[x10secondzx2]

What kind of computer is it
on some you can use F8 to reboot windows from the start up
LMK what your workin with & maybe I could guide yuo step by step over the phone
My friend had the same issue & I was able to help her over the phone from the Black screen to back online in roughly 3 hrs
Hope you get the issue fixed
John

Its a home built one. I got it from a friend(shaggyskadude) cuz my laptop broke.

AMD Athlon 64
Mother board is a Lan Party nF4 Ultra-D
GeForce 8600gt overclocked
Legit copy of xp home
512mb ram I think
Thanks for the help.

This is freakin gay. I am about to reformat the damn thing.

 

[Dr Chill]

have you tried this....
hold f8 down while turning pc on , keeping it held down till a startup menu appears?
then you can follow the instructions from there
there is a few options ...thats if the F8 app works ...
I know it works on HP and compac computers
Going this route gives you the option to reboot the pc & still have all the info you had before


do you hsve the windows xp disk ?
maybe you could add windows & still have all your files
Just a thought
Hope ya get it fixed
John

 

[GrimJack]

Drop all your overclock settings back to stock before giving up and reformatting...

 

[x10secondzx2]

I appreciate the help. I got mad, said fuck it, and kicked it really hard. Then I reformatted the bitch. It is working just fine now. Got xp re-registered. Video card driver/sound card drivers up to date and its doing just fine. I really do appreciate the help but I needed a computer that was working now. My only way to the internet for those few days was through my phone or my Wii. And I havent turned on my Wii in a year. LOL

 

[MkIII_Jeff]

Back in the day I used to upgrade my PC every time a new game came out that pushed the limits. I also am a believer in having at least 2 partitions, 1 of which used just for system info. I liked to format/reinstall every 6-10 months as Windows systematically gets obese and starting over is the best cure. My roommate at the time was doing the same process.

Through experimenting I found that with Win2k or XP that you are more likely to run into trouble installing a SP AFTER you have setup the software. I have PERFECT success when installing Windows, and once able to install software, installing the SP BEFORE anything else, including drivers.

 

[shaggyskadude13]

For that computer your gonna need some holy water, a bible, and a priest and mabye a bat for good measure.

 

[flight doc89]

I had same problem (i have same Chip/Motherboard too...).

My solution? after reformat, I now just don't install SP3. I've been ignoring the autoupdate the last month or so.