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My Windows 7 machine was powered down without logging out first. Now, when booting the PC Windows 7 does not completely start. Instead, it boots to a completely black screen with a mouse cursor that can be moved around but not used to interact with anything. In other words there are no icons or tool bars.
Ctrl+Alt+Del does not bring up the Task Manager. Booting to Safe Mode renders the same result.
If you suspect hardware, then you need to start testing your hardware. :) Start by testing your hard drive(s) and RAM; there are several questions on here to help you figure out how to do each of those. – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2011-09-21T20:40:14.807
Right click on the black screen and select "screen resolution" if it is available, select a low resolution. – Moab – 2011-09-22T03:41:35.823