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Black screen with cursor on startup

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  • 30-05-2018 8:34am
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    Glebee
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    Windows 10 updated automatically for me yesterday and now on start up I get a black screen with a cursor when I boot up. I can ctrl, alt and delete into options but if I click on task manager the box will not appear. Any help online seems to suggests fixing through task manager but I cant access. Any suggestions appreciated.


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    7aubzxk43m2sni
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    Do you have a usb/cd with Windows 10 on it? If so boot from it and try startup repair


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    Glebee
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    Only have an old Windows 7 disc. Windows updated online to 10 last year I think.


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    verycool
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    If you press the Windows Key + R and type explorer.exe do your windows appear?

    You can always download an iso (legit) from windows if you know your key to do a repair.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10


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    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,640 ✭✭✭Glebee


    Windows Key & R does nothing.:mad::mad::mad::mad:

    No idea what my product keys are, cant find any info that I might have kept..


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    7aubzxk43m2sni
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    Can you boot into safe mode?


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    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,640 ✭✭✭Glebee


    Got sorted. I had forgotten that you can used shift and restart to enter an options mode which allowed to to roll back to a previous version of Windows. All working again. Thanks for help guys.


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