Windows 7 Professional Black Screen After Log-in?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
Dubbstepp

Dubbstepp

Honorable
Oct 30, 2012
26
0
10,530
As the title says it, every time I login my desktop is blank and only shows my cursor. This problem only started today and it never happened the day before. The strange thing is that my desktop only comes back every time I manually disable then enable explorer.exe (or after 20 seconds, my desktop shows up), is there any possible fix to this?

Also I have to mention that this does not occur when I run it on safe mode, I have tried reinstalling my video driver (the latest Nvidia driver) but the problem has not been solved.

I do not think this is hardware related since this pc I built has been working perfectly for a year and I have not upgraded/removed any parts since the day I built it.
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
Dubbstepp

Dubbstepp

Honorable
Oct 30, 2012
26
0
10,530


I know this may sound stupid but I disabled system restore so I don't have anything to restore it to....Please don't flame at me since this problem has given me enough heat.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
OllieOxenFree

OllieOxenFree

Honorable
Jan 24, 2014
309
0
10,860
NP. Run the trial version of the program in the link provided. The problem stems from a missing or incorrect key in regedit under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell. This antivirus has the ability to fix your issue. Plz atleast create one restore point after you solve this issue LOL
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Dubbstepp

Dubbstepp

Honorable
Oct 30, 2012
26
0
10,530


Thanks for the quick reply but where is the link?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Dubbstepp

Dubbstepp

Honorable
Oct 30, 2012
26
0
10,530


Thanks again for the quick reply! I will quickly notify you if any changes have been observed.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Dubbstepp

Dubbstepp

Honorable
Oct 30, 2012
26
0
10,530




I did the scan and it showed no errors, I decided to restart my pc but it seemed like the problem got worst (I cannot access the task manager anymore). Strange thing is that this black screen still doesn't occur when I boot into safe-mode....Any ideas?

system specs

- i7 3770k
- EVGA GTX 680 FTW 4GB
- G.Skill Ripjaws 16gb 1600mhz with XMP enabled
- Asus P8Z77-V deluxe
- Huntkey X7 900w PSU
- Samsung 840 pro 256gb (My OS, important programs and favorite games are installed here)
- Western digital 1tb 7200rpm 64 mb cache

 
Upvote 0 Downvote
OllieOxenFree

OllieOxenFree

Honorable
Jan 24, 2014
309
0
10,860


Boot to safe mode>right click desktop>screen resolution and make sure that the picture of monitior has number 1 on it. if it is a 2 then set your default screen to monitor 2

If that is not it, Uninstall drivers for graphics card and try reinstalling newest drivers from nvidia webpage

If thats not it, go to device manager. under monitors unistall driver for generic PNP monitor then restart and let it automatically reconfigure device

Got 1 more but it can be really time consuming we will cross that bridge if we have to
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
OllieOxenFree

OllieOxenFree

Honorable
Jan 24, 2014
309
0
10,860
Next step is to run a sfc /scannow this will scan windows files for missing or corrupt data and replace/repair its findings. to do this:
in search type CMD>right click CMD>run command prompt as admin > type "sfc /scannow" > hit enter

If this doesn't solve it the only other thing to do is insert and boot from OS disk> repair system > in cmd type "chkdsk /r/p"> hit enter
This can be a long process to run check disk and it should never be interrupted.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Dubbstepp

Dubbstepp

Honorable
Oct 30, 2012
26
0
10,530
[/quotemsg]

Boot to safe mode>right click desktop>screen resolution and make sure that the picture of monitior has number 1 on it. if it is a 2 then set your default screen to monitor 2

If that is not it, Uninstall drivers for graphics card and try reinstalling newest drivers from nvidia webpage

If thats not it, go to device manager. under monitors unistall driver for generic PNP monitor then restart and let it automatically reconfigure device

Got 1 more but it can be really time consuming we will cross that bridge if we have to[/quotemsg]

How do you see the monitor drivers in device manager?

 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Dubbstepp

Dubbstepp

Honorable
Oct 30, 2012
26
0
10,530


When I run cmd and type in sfc /scannow, I only get the message "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations" then nothing happens. Is there something I'm doing wrong? I am already running it as an admin.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Dubbstepp

Dubbstepp

Honorable
Oct 30, 2012
26
0
10,530


Verification shows as 100% complete but after that it says "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations"
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
OllieOxenFree

OllieOxenFree

Honorable
Jan 24, 2014
309
0
10,860
That means it completed successfully and didnt find any errors. Have you tried going to boot menu and booting in "enable VGA mode" or "enable lower resolution" to see if that makes any difference. If not go for the chkdsk.

At this point you have exhausted my knowledge on the subject. If this doesn't fix it you will have to wait for one of "Tom's Super Genius's" or back up files and go for a clean install.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Dubbstepp

Dubbstepp

Honorable
Oct 30, 2012
26
0
10,530


I'll try doing so...Keeping my fingers crossed that this may be fixed without the need for a clean install. Thanks for the help and thanks for the effort for trying to help me in every possible way!
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Dubbstepp

Dubbstepp

Honorable
Oct 30, 2012
26
0
10,530


By the way will a system repair disk work as well? Or should I stick to using a factory Windows disk?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Dubbstepp

Dubbstepp

Honorable
Oct 30, 2012
26
0
10,530
I already tried running chkdsk in system recovery options but it reports that there are no problems found....The problem still persists (Slow log-in, black screen unless ctrl-alt-esc and manually restarting explorer.exe), Is this a sign that I must do a clean install?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom