I AGREE

I wonder if the people experiencing this issue got an iffy installation due to a bad download or disc, and whether a reformat and clean install would resolve it?

I've not experienced it myself, but I do feel for those who have, given my own issues with Updates and etc.

My PC is a New 4 months with  Windows loaded then updated

and my programs added  these black screens started in the last 2 weeks .

Well I don't know, then.  It's the strangest thing, that only a few have the issue, and then possibly for different reasons/causes.  Is there anything on the MS data base regarding these black screens?  Or it may be worth checking Tom's Hardware for answers, and if there are none pertinent to the issues here, then maybe it would be worth opening a new case.

Wasn't looking for it but I came across a YouTube video that deals with black screen on login. I haven't tried anything but if you guys want to. My computer stays on all the time. I only reboot when there's a Windows or a program update.

The date on this is May 2018 so it's not something that just started.

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  I have been running a program at boot that by passes the lock screen so

I will turn that off , Turn off windows password log on and just boot right

to desktop and see if that works with no black screen.

@ ALMONTY

Mike is having log on black screen probs -- mine just goes black as I'm working NO MOUSE

Since I have been shutting down at nite I have not had the issue (fingers crossed)

Sed I know your having problems with programs making your system go black. If I see anything I’ll report it. 

-RG-

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Enjoy your Windows-based machines.  

Not everybody using Windows is having this problem... and I'm sure Apple's OS-X and other OSes have issues as well.

-RG-

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Quoting starkers,

reply 51

Quoting -RG-,

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Enjoy your Windows-based machines.  

Not everybody using Windows is having this problem... and I'm sure Apple's OS-X and other OSes have issues as well.

Not everyone no, I agree. Does Apple have issues? Well of course. Is it like Windows? Well no I think not. Not even close. And you of all people know this. But yet you defend Windows with my post and bitch about it all throughout the forums. 

You can't argue with that reply, you know I am right.  

Um, I was NOT defending Windows .... not by a long stretch of the imagination.  I merely stated that not everyone is having this issue with Windows 10.   I'm not, but that doesn't mean that I like Win 10.  It has given me other issues and has frustrated the heck out of me... especially at monthly updates time.

So no, I'm no MS fanboi.  Nor am I a fan of Apple.  Apple, too, has done stuff I don't like.  Sure, I have my MacMini and enjoy using it, but I won't update the OS from the one it came with because afterwards, Apple, in its 'wisdom', began removing various programs and features and took away users ability to customise the UI.

As for bitching about Windows 10, well that's my prerogative after having it forced down my throat when I was more than happy with my Win 8.1 setup.

Only thing I'm running is CS5 and Bryce....... I don't think it is PROGRAMS as much as it is a Windows hiccup....

Been OK for a few days now

 I have been running a program at boot that by passes the lock screen so

I will turn that off , Turn off windows password log on and just boot right

to desktop and see if that works with no black screen.

Edit : ... We'll I did the above and of course it boots faster not stopping to sign in and been

OK for a couple days now , but this morning got one more black screen at boot .

Has to be a Windows thing as my other goodies don't load till after I'm on the desktop.

None of the youtube fixes have worked , so I'll just live with it I guess not going to do a

format and reinstall ............. I've gotten used to it now so it now seems normal for me .  

Edit 2 

I did replace a stick of ram a few weeks ago , so I replaced that with the original 

stick of ram today it reads fine , maybe that hardware change caused a black screen >

We'll see ...

Should dump it in MS's lap and make them fix the damn thing. But then again it might be another exercise in futility.   

It is a Windows 10 issue for sure.  The fact that there are several posts about fixing it on youtube says it's more a widespread issue than just those people here experiencing it. 

I don't know if this is related or not, but when I had issues earlier with my license key, a MS representative told me that thousands of Win 10 keys were retired due to installation and activation issues.  How a set of letters and numbers would affect a Windows installation beats me, but that's what he told me.  How it's relevant to this issue I don't know, but MS needs to investigate and fix it.

YEA???? How do ya tell MS???

Just got the October update. Two of 'em. KB 4458469 cumulative update and KB 4100347 regular update. The regular one installed easily but the cumulative one failed twice. After rebooting for the regular update I tried a third time and that one worked. All told four hours of not doing much of anything. No black screen though. Knock wood.

On the MS home page there is a 'contact us' button at the bottom of the page where you can either email or phone them regarding your issues/concerns.

And how many times has that 'contact us' button been used and still no solutions?

I don't know about larger issues, but my product key issue was resolved while on the phone.  I can't complain about that.... but then I was dealing with an every day bloke, not an upper echelon big wig who doesn't give a shit about every day users.

One has to wonder, though, that if this black screen issue were more widespread across Win 10 users, would a patch have already been issued to rectify it?  Or is the issue too small, and therefore insignificant to MS?

let's put it this way. tdr issue apparently existed since win 7 or 8 and still not necessarily fixed in win 10. not really related to their issue, but still. probably some obscure thing that's difficult to find because of all the backward compatibility stuff that they haven't gutted out after all these decades.

just upped to 1809. so far so good... but i haven't actually done a thing with it