Blank Screen After Windows Xp Log-on

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Blank Screen After Windows Xp Log-on

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Extrodewise View Member Profile	Jul 1 2008, 07:33 AM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 63 Joined: 24-October 07 Member No.: 165,199	Hi all! I keep getting this blank screen showing just the default green background (bliss) for Windows XP after boot-up. I tried re-installing my Avast! Antivirus because I suspected the prior version had become corrupt. After the installation and initial updating, this problem started. The prior version of avast kept alerting me of the presence of rootkits on my computer which I suspected to be untrue. Anyway the problem on ground now is this blank screen just after logon. Alt+Ctrl+Del doesn't work, can't see my taskbar, Ctrl+Esc doesn't work either, everything is blank just as if I terminated the explorer.exe process. Help desperately needed please....!

douglas martin View Member Profile	Jul 1 2008, 08:07 AM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 452 Joined: 1-April 08 From: "A little bit Nort' and way West of 'Da Bridge" Member No.: 200,286	Can your computer boot into safe mode? If it can you may be able to un-install the program that is causing problems. What makes you think that Avast is giving you false positives? If you can boot into safe mode choose the option to boot with networking and download any or all of these free online tools to find any signs of malware. http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html http://www.pcpitstop.com/freescan/ http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/ http://www.pandasecurity.com/activescan/index/ http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html http://lavasoft.com/ http://www.emsisoft.com/en/ Note that Avast is on this list, so just skip over it and try the others.

HelpingGuy123 View Member Profile	Jul 1 2008, 01:28 PM Post #3
New Member Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 28-June 08 Member No.: 219,165	Extrodewise, Try logging into "Safe mode". If it works, try "System Restore" to a back date as, Start --> Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools --> System Restore Good luck. -------------------- Technology Bytes Plus http://learnITfast.blogspot.com

oneup View Member Profile	Jul 11 2008, 08:25 PM Post #4
Member Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 24-April 08 Member No.: 205,122	have you given your computer enough time? I used to use zonealarm ,and it generated a pause like this, and after a few seconds, it went away. Perhaps something else is messing with windows, and win just needs some time. -------------------- I like computers. Computers are fun.

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