Tuesday, December 01, 2009

How to fix the Windows Black Screen of Death...

Microsoft says it’s looking into the Black Screen of Death issue recently confronting Windows machines. The computer problem reportedly strikes shortly after affected PCs start up. A black screen stonewalls users, cripples the operating system, and renders the computer useless even after reboots.

Named in the classic tradition of the Blue Screen of Death (crashing Windows) and Red Ring of Death (bricking Xbox 360s), this new problem apparently hit right after a Microsoft security update on November 10. The patch seems to have fiddled with the Access Control List, which oversees what users may do on their machines. More...

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