Flickering underscore on startup screen


  1. EFH
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    Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit
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    Flickering underscore on startup screen


    I upgraded my pc yesterday and reinstalled Windows 7. Now on the starting Windows screen I have a little underscore blinking in the top left corner of the screen.

    Is it something to be worried about? What could it be?
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  3. legacy7955
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    win 7 home premium 64 bit
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    I think that is actually normal.

    I've had numerous windows based PCs and every one of them has this just after the BIOS post screen. If it blinks a few times it is nothing to be worried about. My only guess as to the reason is that if you are a technician you can access DOS at that prompt before the PC boots into windows.
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