{"id":10151,"date":"2009-12-01T17:58:45","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T17:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=10151"},"modified":"2009-12-01T17:58:45","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T17:58:45","slug":"black-screen-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=10151","title":{"rendered":"Black Screen of Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve read a few reports on this today.&#160; It\u2019s being claimed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prevx.com\/blog\/140\/Black-Screen-woes-could-affect-millions-on-Windows--Vista-and-XP.html\" target=\"_blank\">Prevx<\/a> that one of Microsoft\u2019s recent security updates causes issues on machines.&#160; The machine boots up OK, but you get nothing but a black screen when you log in.&#160; The have posted a \u201cfix\u201d (it\u2019s not something MS has authorised).&#160; Note that this is an issue that can be caused by a lot of things.&#160; I\u2019ve personally seen it a few times over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft are reported to be investigating.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px\" id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:8a18c71b-a1f1-4c8e-acad-982a2969da2d\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows+Updates\" rel=\"tag\">Windows Updates<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Security\" rel=\"tag\">Security<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve read a few reports on this today.&#160; It\u2019s being claimed by Prevx that one of Microsoft\u2019s recent security updates causes issues on machines.&#160; The machine boots up OK, but you get nothing but a black screen when you log in.&#160; The have posted a \u201cfix\u201d (it\u2019s not something MS has authorised).&#160; Note that this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=10151\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Black Screen of Death&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[190,121],"class_list":["post-10151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","tag-security","tag-windows-updates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.2 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I\u2019ve read a few reports on this today. 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