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Black screen w/ mouse pointer (before login screen) after install
Ok, so I'm stubborn and stuck on XP in my recording studio, but I decided to make the jump to Windows 7 Ultimate 64, and it's been a nightmare...
The initial install took foreeeeeeevvvvvvvvveeerrrr... like 24+ hours to complete. It did complete though, but when it boots, it shows the Windows logo splash screen, but then instead of going to the login screen after that, it just goes to an all black screen with a mouse pointer. I can move the mouse pointer around, but there's nothing to click. It's not completely brain dead, because tapping shift 5 times brings up the box to ask me if I want to turn sticky keys on, but that is ALL it does.
Unlike some of the issues I see where people get the black screen and pointer instead of their desktop after they log in, I can not log in, I can't launch task manager, and none of the fixes for that issue are viable.
Safemode does the same thing. None of the repairs work. I've never actually made it into Windows, so it's not a bad driver or anything. There are no restore points because it's never actually booted up.
I decided maybe something went wrong with the install, so maybe a re-install would fix it. I did some reading on the long install time, and tried a few of the fixes for that (disable SpeedStep throttling and floppy support in BIOS, unplug everything except the keyboard/mouse and one monitor, etc.) and that knocked a few hours off of it, but the second (and third, and 4th...) install attempts were still all day and night events and yielded exactly the same results. I've spent the last few very frustrating days in google and youtube searches looking for answers, but still nothing.
Hopefully someone can help me out here, because I'm this close >.< to just going back to XP SP3.
Please help!
Custom built pc
Intel Core2 Duo
Intel DQ965GF mobo
5gb DDR2
Nvidea 8400 1gb video card