10 second black screen when permission asked

> Hi,
>
> Was it like this out of the box? It should not have been and HP should fix
> it.
>
> You can remove the extra startup entry using bcdedit from an elevated
> command prompt, or from the boot tab of msconfig. But that is not going to
> solve the other problem, and that is likely to be a video card problem. It
> may simply be corrupted video drivers, and reinstalling and/or updating them
> may help. It may also be a faulty card and requirement replacement by the
> vendor.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Jonathan" <Jonathan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news721731E-BEB3-4F96-95A6-AD6AE67BBE6C@microsoft.com...

> > Looking for a little help that I can not figure out. This is regarding a
> > HP
> > DV9008nr. 1500RAM, 100GB Harddrive, dual AMD processors (1.63GHZ). When I
> > start my notebook a screen appears asking if I want to start one of two
> > Vista
> > OS. If I click on the first one I get about a 45 second to a minute black
> > screen and then everything begings to load. If I click the second one, it
> > states that it is unable to start. Im not understanding why it is not just
> > starting up when I power on the notebook instead of making me make a
> > selection?
> >
> > Another issue I am having and am not sure if it has something to do with
> > the
> > first issue is anytime I am asked to give permission to run a program I
> > get a
> > 10 second black screen. When I click to allow I get another 5 to 7 second
> > black screen.
> >
> > Any help would be very welcomes, thanks!

>
>

> It came with Windows Xp Media and Vista was a free upgrade. I have updated
> the driver and that has worked. Do you suggest trying to remove the driver
> and then reloading it? If it was my video card wouldnt it be giving me
> problems in other areas also?
>
> In regards to your answer on the other issue, Im not sure how to do what
> you
> are suggesting for me to fix the option screen appearing when I startup.
> Can
> you please give me a step by step or is there a website that can show how
> to
> do it? Thanks for all of your help.
>
>
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>

>> Hi,
>>
>> Was it like this out of the box? It should not have been and HP should
>> fix
>> it.
>>
>> You can remove the extra startup entry using bcdedit from an elevated
>> command prompt, or from the boot tab of msconfig. But that is not going
>> to
>> solve the other problem, and that is likely to be a video card problem.
>> It
>> may simply be corrupted video drivers, and reinstalling and/or updating
>> them
>> may help. It may also be a faulty card and requirement replacement by the
>> vendor.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Jonathan" <Jonathan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news721731E-BEB3-4F96-95A6-AD6AE67BBE6C@microsoft.com...

>> > Looking for a little help that I can not figure out. This is regarding
>> > a
>> > HP
>> > DV9008nr. 1500RAM, 100GB Harddrive, dual AMD processors (1.63GHZ). When
>> > I
>> > start my notebook a screen appears asking if I want to start one of two
>> > Vista
>> > OS. If I click on the first one I get about a 45 second to a minute
>> > black
>> > screen and then everything begings to load. If I click the second one,
>> > it
>> > states that it is unable to start. Im not understanding why it is not
>> > just
>> > starting up when I power on the notebook instead of making me make a
>> > selection?
>> >
>> > Another issue I am having and am not sure if it has something to do
>> > with
>> > the
>> > first issue is anytime I am asked to give permission to run a program I
>> > get a
>> > 10 second black screen. When I click to allow I get another 5 to 7
>> > second
>> > black screen.
>> >
>> > Any help would be very welcomes, thanks!

>>
>>