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When I boot up my system I get a strange result: I get a blank screen before the desktop comes up and it remains "blank" for about 1 min. and then the desktop shows up in all of my startup items begin to run.

I've tried turning it off with msconfig and the same thing happens – about a minute or so of "dead" screen.

Any idea of what is going on?

Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
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greenber
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This can be a sign of a corrupt user account (or possibly malware), you better create another admin account before the current one fails completely, this way you can still log on as an admin to troubleshoot and possibly repair the old account. Try enabling Boot Logging, then restart and have a look at the logs.

Try a clean boot to see if the problem resolves itself, if it does then it is a startup Program or 3rd party service causing it.

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Moab
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I don't have that much experience with 7, but a black screen for a relatively long period (probably only 20 seconds, but seems like several minutes) is not unusual during boot-up on Vista.

Daniel R Hicks
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