Now this is really getting me mad...

No, but by the look of it.. I don't think I can upgrade to professional..

Oh **** yes! Oh ****!!!b my computer just loaded it! W0000000tttt

restarted computer..... and black screen again?

all better

Hi there,
I just wanted to let anyone know who may be having this similar issue that i have resolved it for myself and hopefully it might help you.

After many hours trying to figure my father-in-laws Windows 7 installation i have found the black screen showing only the cursor to be related to the video card he has installed.

In a last attempt before calling M$ i decided to re-enable his integrated video and load up windows that way, soon as i rebooted after the bios change viola Windows 7 installation resumed and after a very short time i had a completed installation!

If you have Windows XP a clean installation is required, it gives the option to load drivers, i highly recommend trying this as i wish i did sooner. Now that i have loaded the drivers for his card i have disabled the integrated video and everything is working fine. Even if it is an upgrade from Vista i would recommend getting the proper drivers for Windows 7 and see how that goes.

Good luck!

See a list of your installed drivers at start/run and enter msinfo32 and click ok. Examine the drivers and their location under "Software Environment".