SOLUTION for Black Screen Flash After Windows Loads

[NinjaNoodles]

Bumping this just in case anyone else might find it useful.

[riffjaff]

Thanks a lot! Great find and your hard work is much appreciated. It was annoying but now I don't have to deal with it anymore.

Rep Up. +1!

[NinjaNoodles]

Glad you found it useful. Thanks for the rep as well.

[Valkyrie]

I think I suffer from this, after "desktop screen" shows and things are still loading screen goes black for 1/2 second and comes back is that it? Is there a downside to doing what you have said? What if I want to use a 2nd monitor?

I just tried this fix for my laptop, and the auto detection of the second monitor no longer worked. But you can still switch around to the external monitors manually though, and it seemed to work.

[ScuderiaConchiglia]

I just tried this fix for my laptop, and the auto detection of the second monitor no longer worked. But you can still switch around to the external monitors manually though, and it seemed to work.

I was afraid that that would be the case with this fix. As I use my external video port a LOT, either a second display or a projector, I guess I'll live with the occasional "blink" at startup.

Gary

[Valkyrie]

I was afraid that that would be the case with this fix. As I use my external video port a LOT, either a second display or a projector, I guess I'll live with the occasional "blink" at startup.

Gary

Me too. I still prefer the automatic switch, and the flash only occurs once during start up for me anyway.

[NinjaNoodles]

I guess you can't have it all. The flash bothered me because I lock the computer a lot and whenever I would log back on it would be there, taunting me.

I don't (and don't plan to) use external display devices very often, so the fix was perfect for me.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback.

-Peter

[illka99]

I use and external monitor all the time. If I do this fix how do I manually enable the external monitor?

Regards

[NinjaNoodles]

Google it.

http://tech.yahoo.com/gd/using-an-ex...-laptop/200304

[R4000]

Nice find. Worked for me.