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vista display prob
22-11-2007 6:10 PM
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be great help if any one has any suggestions on this matter.
Re: vista display prob
22-11-2007 6:28 PM
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Thats my suggestion..
Re: vista display prob
22-11-2007 11:42 PM
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It sounds like it's an underpowered machine trying to run Vista Premier.That takes some serious memory,like 2 Gb or preferably 4.
And a decent graphics card.
If this is an upgrade then the computer is just struggling.
Re: vista display prob
23-11-2007 4:53 AM
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Mines, Vista Home Premium running with 3.00Ghz and 2Gb RAM and does exactly the same thing: a couple of seconds of black screen followed by a few seconds of plain white screen before the desktop actually opens, this can be followed by a brief removal and replacement of all the desk top icons.
If you've got a complex Anti-virus (like Norton IS or McAfee) this can slow things down considerably and cause this as it integrates with your installed software
I shouldn't worry about it if I were you, go away and make a cup of tea while it's booting up, it'll be fine when you come back.
When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.
Re: vista display prob
23-11-2007 12:17 PM
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Quote from: petlew does exactly the same thing: a couple of seconds of black screen followed by a few seconds of plain white screen before the desktop actually opens, this can be followed by a brief removal and replacement of all the desk top icons.
I actually get a very similar experience with XP on every single one of my machines (and thats 4 in total) with 3 vmware machines too). My machines show the blue starting windows screen, flash black, then bring up the login screen. Login, screen flashes bnreifly, desktop comes online, icons flash a few times and then i get a stable system. All my systems are powerful enough to handle XP (The lowest being 866MHz with 512MB ram - I would expect it on this one). The highest specced machine i got being a 1.8GHz with 704MB ram (ok no laughing.... seriously stop please??)
Still runs like a dream once its stable. XP is definately better than any of M$'s other systems (with the exception of fault tolerant NT server series)
Re: vista display prob
23-11-2007 12:41 PM
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Re: vista display prob
23-11-2007 4:01 PM
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probly is somthing to do with startup programs coz it started happing bout 3 or 4 months after i got the laptop. all is o.k once comp has got going not much of a prob but it would b nice to hav it soloved.
cheers 4 all the replies.
Re: vista display prob
23-11-2007 9:53 PM
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Probably isn't much you can do except, strip your accounts down to their bare minimum of startup programmes and run everything from start/programs/... any time saving you may save at boot will probably be lost though, but you should beware of not having AV etc. active at boot, which are probably those that take up most time and cause most of the flashes anyway.
If you're really upset about it, switch the monitor off while it's booting up and keep an eye on the HD activity lights, when they/it are/is finished turn the monitor back on.
But seriously, I think you're worrying unnecessarily.
When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.
Re: vista display prob
24-11-2007 1:08 PM
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tried stoping all startup progarms yestarday an still did it.
so started in safe mode an didint happen so i think windows update installed a new driver some time bac.
Re: vista display prob
24-11-2007 4:53 PM
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I agree though that if this occurred in safe mode I'd get a bit worried, but you're only loading a bare minimum of software then, just enough to prove functionality and allow you to trace obscure faults (such as flashing at boot perhaps!! sorry, poor attempt at humour)
I think the only occasion that my PC (Vista home premium) didn't display this was the first time I switched it on from new, it's done it ever since, and I've installed every possible update since around Augustish. Have you looked in the Microsoft Vista knowledge base? can be a bit of a thankless task, but might help.
When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.
Re: vista display prob
24-11-2007 5:09 PM
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I think it's Bill Gates trying to pretend that the bootup is actually faster than it is. The system looks as if it's fully booted, but it's still starting up drivers like mad.
As for the car analogy. Can you imagine what would happen if every now and again the car just stopped, and wouldn't do anything until you'd turned the ignition off and back on again?
John
Re: vista display prob
24-11-2007 7:39 PM
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And I, as I've said in other posts quite like Vista!!
When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.
Re: vista display prob
25-11-2007 8:31 PM
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Quote from: PJ
Quote from: hulls As for the car analogy. Can you imagine what would happen if every now and again the car just stopped, and wouldn't do anything until you'd turned the igniotion off and back on again?
I thought all cars do this- especially on roundabouts
Heh, since when did i start lending you the keys to our car? I seriously gotta get that looked at.. it's reputation is spreading!
Re: vista display prob
25-11-2007 8:35 PM
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Quote from: scootie if i switch user account an the 1st still runing it still flashes on off twice wen i log in to the 2nd account but does it staraight away instead off taking about 30 secs before it happens.
I wish you had said this earlier. Different users can set their own screen resolutions. Therefore as each user logs in the operating system attempts to resize the screen automatically - It does this even if it is already the same resolution (and yes it's rather annoying sometimes - what you need to remember is that windows is still rumbling away - it doesn't pause while it does this).
I think the part of windows which does this (remember this is only a 'feature') is disabled in safe mode as it is a non-essential part of windows which in an emergency (hence safemode) you wouldn't need it. It doesn't do it to me in safe mode either.
Basically mate, don't worry about it. It is normal (and slightly annoying) but it is just the way Microsoft designed the system to work.
Apologies for typo's - I'm knackered.
Re: vista display prob
25-11-2007 9:06 PM
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Quote from: okrzynska Basically mate, don't worry about it. It is normal (and slightly annoying) but it is just the way Microsoft designed the system to work.
It's a bug, not a feature.
Doesn't happen in safe mode, because it sets the display to a preset basic resolution.
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