Black screen with cursor immediately following Windows logo

[AndyR25]

I tried again and even fewer of the files were collected. So if you can't make do with the first ZIP I sent, I will have to try a different approach.

 

[AndyR25]

I actually found the poqrpog.sys file, and it IS a component of GMER. So therefore, the one BSOD from earlier (which I am not able to replicate) must have been something completely different. The BSODs whose dumps I collected are not the fault of Windows alone, and therefore are probably not related to the original problems of the hanging startup and the slow file system.

I did download the manufacturer's disk testing utility, which checked all sectors (about a billion of them, it took almost 3 hours) and did not find any bad sectors.

 

[GokAy]

At the moment I can only think of a Repair Install - http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

 

[blablubi]

In my case it was update KB3055642. Removed it and disabled it and windows was fine again.
Hope that will help someone, had to try different combinations of updates to find out.