Windows 7 hangs on black screen for a while after log in
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Mar 15, 2026104554 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have observed the following. I get the welcome screen. I click on my user and get the "logging on" screen. After that all I get is a black screen with a mouse cursor. I can't even start Task Manager. No Ctrl + Alt + Del or Ctrl + Shift + Esc. It stays like this for about 10 minutes, then the desk…
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Fix for: Windows 7 hangs on black screen for a while after log in
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The black screen at login is usually cause by a service that starts at login timing out waiting for something to happen. I had this happen when I enabled (but didn't configure) the NFS client in Windows 7. As soon as I removed the NFS option it sudd…
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