Can someone help me fix windows pls :)

KiNETiK · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:31

Hey guys, last night I was just settling down to watch a video on my computer and the all the menus and windows and taskbar went black, meaning its basically useless since i cant read and text on these black windows. Has anyone else experienced this or have any good ideas how to fix it? The Windows login screen is fine but as soon as it goes into windows everything (apart from icons) is black

I have tried booting in to various safe modes and VGA mode but it always appears to be the same. Here is a pic i just took with my digi cam..

Thanks
Robin

KiNETiK · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:34

Right i just logged in as Administrator instead of my normal user account and everything is normal.. But that still doesn't tell me whats wrong with my normal account..

david334 · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:36

Why didnt you take a screen shot

It looks like you are using a custom theme there

have you tried using windows xp deafault one ?

david334

KiNETiK · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:37

its a bog standard windows xp theme, same as it has been since install but with a different background image

Curiosityx · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:39

Theres nothing wrong with your normal account it just doesnt have administrative privilages, as such it cannot modify the desktop correctly.

david334 · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:40

has someone been messing round with your monitor settings?

can you a factory restore thing in your monitor settings?

KiNETiK · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:40

eh? My user account is setup with admin privileges, that can't have anything to do with it since its always worked fine and only just started doing it yesterday evening

KiNETiK · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:41

david334 said:
has someone been messing round with your monitor settings?

can you a factory restore thing in your monitor settings?

No, the monitor settings are fine since the the default Administrator account in safe mode works correctly..

david334 · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:42

KiNETiK said:
No, the monitor settings are fine since the the default Administrator account in safe mode works correctly..

hmmm...

KiNETiK · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:43

indeed, i was using videolan at the time when the black set in if thats a help!

david334 · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:44

so in safe mode it works perfect?

David334

KiNETiK · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:45

david334 said:
so in safe mode it works perfect?

David334

It works perfect in safe mode in the Administrator account but not if i select my normal user account (which has admin privileges). Which suggests something messed up the display settings for my user account..

Trigger · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:52

I've had this problem before when using a modified uxtheme.dll however as you are not, I would suggest that your profile is.. ...err, broken

Anyway, backup your old profile via the administrator account to another folder (Administrators 'My Documents' for example) and then delete it from documents and settings. When you log on to your account again, windows will be forced to generate a new profile

Favorites, etc will be lost although they can be retrived from the profile which you backed up :cool:

KiNETiK · 28 Nov 2006 at 12:47

Thanks Trigger, that sorted it