I agree. I have experienced this many times. If you go to Computer-Properties and scroll down to the bottom 'Windows Activation' section, you will see whether windows is activated or not...
From: John C Owen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 11 August 2010 13:01 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 Black Screen Good Morning, I know with some of the Win7 machines I have done, it's an activation issue After activating Windows, the background images return...strange, yes I know From: Wilhelm, Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 7:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 Black Screen We are currently setting up multiple labs with a Windows 7 image, and after working out most of the bugs, we're currently stuck with an issue with the black screen that seems to plague a lot of Windows 7 users. When we log in, with or without a privledged user, the background images is removed and there's just a black background with the rest of the OS loaded fine. We have tried the shell fix by Previx, which ended up blowing away our dontdisplaylastusername group policy (don't ask me how it superceded it...still can't figure it out), which we had to reset on each machine. After hacking it and trying all sorts of fixes, we decided to reimage the machines. Which, still leaves the issue unresolved. Out of 20 computers, only 6 of them did not have a black screen after being reimaged, all with the exact same hardware, image, etc. Has anyone found a fix to the black screen? Thank you. Scott --- Scott Wilhelm Computer Technician Massena Central School District St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES (315) 764-3700 ext. 3046 "The harder I work, the luckier I get. " Samuel Goldwyn IMPORTANT INFORMATION Internet communications are not secure and therefore CIPS does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of any e-mail message sent via this medium. The content of any e-mail communication is the view of the individual and CIPS does not accept legal liability for the contents. Although this message and any attachments are believed to be free of virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by CIPS for any loss or damage in any way arising from its use. CIPS runs the following software packages: MS Office Suite 2003, MS Visio 2003, MS Project 2002. Please ensure that any files you send are compatible. The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) is an organisation incorporated under Royal Charter and is based at Easton House, Easton on the Hill, Stamford, Lincs PE9 3NZ, tel: +44 (0)1780 756777, and is a registered Charity number 1017938. CIPS Services Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary company of CIPS, registered in England under number 2610367 and is registered at the address shown above. Both organisations operate under a group VAT registration number: 3426 489 42. -- Scanned by iCritical. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
