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Windows 8.1 stuck on black screen with cursor after login

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  • Windows 8
  • Login
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September 28, 2014 6:06:32 PM

Not sure why this is happening. Everything was fine on my PC last night, I haven't installed anything new recently, etc. I turned it on this morning and Windows boots fine and everything, I can even enter my password but after that I'm stuck on a black screen with my mouse. I can move the cursor around and go to press CTRL+ALT+DEL but the task manager will freeze when I open it.

I've tried the following:

    Booting into safe mode with command prompt to do a verification scan. it detected no violations.

    Booting into safe mode with networking. The same thing happened, black screen with just my cursor.

    Performing a system restore. It didn't change anything.


Where should I go from here? I don't know why this is happening and I really hope I don't have to lose everything and start over for no good reason.

My PC specs:
Windows 8.1 Pro (was on latest update)
CPU: AMD A6-6400K 3.9 GHz
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A55M
GPU: ASUS Radeon HD 7950
RAM: 8.0 GB

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September 28, 2014 6:09:33 PM

Has happened to me too, a restart usually fixes. Another way to permanently fix this is to turn off Hybrid Startup.
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September 29, 2014 6:59:06 AM

I've restarted quite a few times and that hasn't helped. What's hybrid startup and how do I turn it off?

EDIT: I'm just wiping my PC. I'm tired of this.
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