Re: Black Monitor Screen
- From: "shawn" <yuppicide138@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 12:20:54 -0400
I personally would have formatted the whole computer and reinstalled
everything.
I came home from work one day and instantly knew my Girlfriend had gotten a
virus or something. She said it popped up on Facebook that she had a virus
so she clicked. I said don't you realize that's an advertisement to get you
to buy their software. They tell you you have a virus and the only way to
remove it is to install their software. I could not figure out a way to get
rid of it.
She saw how long it took me to reinstall Windows XP and then run all the
updates (hours) and how upset I was and wasn't going to use Facebook ever
again.
I told her I won't stop you from using it, but you need to be more careful.
We have Avast! antivirus program installed, so I showed her if it's not
Avast! giving you a virus detected message then it's an advertisement of
sorts. Sometimes these things fool you and make it so no matter what button
you press (close, minimize, etc) they all make it install their software.
A few weeks later she did something similar! So, now she doesn't play any
games on Facebook and hasn't had any trouble so far. She only uses it to
chat.
There's ways you can block the Facebook website totally if you want, but
there's also ways around that. I've blocked Facebook before by using a
simple method that only takes 5 seconds.. and if you want to undo it it's
very easy also, and she's not smart enough to know how to get around it.
"Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake> wrote in message
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"NalinW" <NalinW.4d5a88f@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My son recently downloaded a "podmena" virus via facebook. I therefore
purchased Norton 2009 Anti-virus software to clean the computer.
Whilst the virus appears to have been successfully removed a residual
problem has nevertheless emerged.
When the computer is starting up the monitor screen will invariably,
but not always go black, the monitor power light remains green and the
computer successfully completes the start up process albeit behind a
now black screen. If I press the monitor power button off and then on
again the screen will very briefly return to normal before once more
going black. If I repeat this process enough times the screen will
eventually return to normal and I can use the computer unhindered.
However if the computer is left inactive for any significant period of
time I find that upon returning to it the monitor screen will again go
black and I must again go through the process of switching the monitor
power button off and on again until normal service is resumed.
Can anyone help me please?
--
NalinW
To add to the other suggested rsponses, two other possible causes could
be power supply or memory module(s) gone bad.
--
Brian A. Sesko
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How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
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