Comments on: Fix for Windows Vista Black Screen of Death, aka KSOD

By: TheOneWhoDidIt

TheOneWhoDidIt — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:13:12 +0000

Dude…..you people ain’t gotta go through all this cuz when you get to system32\config you will prob notice that when you attempt to open “system” it won’t let you because it is still being used by the computer…I tried to terminate it from task manager but it just wouldn’t go away!! So I did the following:

I booted to the empty screen where there was nothing,
hit control + alt + del
got to the task manager
went to the Applications tab in the task manager dialog box
clicked the New Task… button
in the create new task window typed “cmd”
from the command prompt I just typed “explorer” and it didn’t work for the first time, but the second time, IT DID…After typing “explorer” the task bar appeared, and the background and all…SO try that before you do the more advanced technique explained in this website!!

Good bye you geeks!!! just kidding I’m one too!!

By: Rusten

Rusten — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:16:24 +0000

Hi there,

after reading on different forums for several hours and trying different things, I did a system restore using Norton Ghost. It recreated my system to the state it was prior to the problem. It took about 3 hours. It didn’t work.

Then I just removed and put the battery back in. It took about 1 min and it worked.

Hope it will help someone.

By: Stuart King

Stuart King — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:21:14 +0000

Hi All

I have compiled a simple guide to help fix the Vista Black Screen of Death here:

http://www.lanarkshireitservices.co.uk/vista-black-screen-of-death-fix.html

Please comment on any success / failures you with my methods.

Regards

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:38:12 +0000

Also have this problem (with Windows 7 RTM 64 bit). A good workaround for me is pressing the source button on my LCD to switch to the other input channel and then press source again to switch back. It looks like windows has a problem detecting the display when it goes to the login screen and then decides to blank it or only show a mouse arrow. Seems like a bug to me. There are some “Display is not active” errors from the atikmdag source in the event logs that might be or not be related to this. I’ve recently updated my drivers (for an ATI 4600 series card), but that did not solve the issue.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:37:40 +0000

I had a similar problem but I had a black screen with NO CURSOR. The problem kind of resolved itself through system being heated up. Can vista hard disk repair itself during boot time??

http://annoyances-resolved.blogspot.com/2009/09/laptop-wont-boot-and-shows-blank-screen.html

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:35:22 +0000

Hi, I’ve the same problem too but I don’t even have a cursor – just the black screen. It started happening when I purchased Uniblu Registry Booster. Every morning I have just the black screen, then I re-boot and it’s fine.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:06:20 +0000

I have the problem of a KSOD on booting into safe mode and when trying to reinstall.

On booting into windows vista I get a message about windows failing to start due to recent hardware change.

All this due to an update from windows! I don’t even know how to fix it without being able to reinstall….

By: Caleb

Caleb — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:32:42 +0000

I tried that. It failed, as all others ideas have.

By: keith

keith — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:02:17 +0000

I booted with dell media but there is no “next” to choose from. So, I can’t go any further with this. Any help people?

By: FedUP

FedUP — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:59:14 +0000

Well non of the things on here worked….. I’m seriously starting to consider other options for a computer.