I just finished re-installing one of my old computers with Windows XP Pro SP2. Everything works fine, I'm more then experienced with computers. (this is more of an awareness thread, I already found the problem and learned to fix it).
While performing on the Windows Updates, I looked at the contents of the update (I always perform them custom to avoid installing WGA virus or IE7 with bugs and holes), and I saw something in there for the graphics card (NVIDA driver update). This update caused the following problem:
This part is important, you might have this error and be very scared and confused!
When I restarted my computer, it seemed fine. Went through the black windows loading screen just fine, but rather then being greeted with my welcome screen, I got a great little error where my monitor stopped working, black screen and gave an error that reported an improper frequency range, malformed display configuration, or just shut off completely (I tried on several monitors to ensure it wasn't the monitor).
Now, booting in safe mode works fine, but what are you going to do then? You cant boot normal at all! Perform a system restore to just before that update, after that update again and make sure you uncheck this update and click not to notify about it again (you have to custom install rather then express). Viola! Problem solved.
While performing on the Windows Updates, I looked at the contents of the update (I always perform them custom to avoid installing WGA virus or IE7 with bugs and holes), and I saw something in there for the graphics card (NVIDA driver update). This update caused the following problem:
This part is important, you might have this error and be very scared and confused!
When I restarted my computer, it seemed fine. Went through the black windows loading screen just fine, but rather then being greeted with my welcome screen, I got a great little error where my monitor stopped working, black screen and gave an error that reported an improper frequency range, malformed display configuration, or just shut off completely (I tried on several monitors to ensure it wasn't the monitor).
Now, booting in safe mode works fine, but what are you going to do then? You cant boot normal at all! Perform a system restore to just before that update, after that update again and make sure you uncheck this update and click not to notify about it again (you have to custom install rather then express). Viola! Problem solved.
