Desktop Blink at Startup - ANNOYING

I am running Vista Home Prof. on a Vaio. When I boot up everything works but
after I log in and the desktop appears, after about 3 seconds the whole
screen blinks, as in turns black for no more than a second, then comes back
on and finishes loading.

I noticed that it always does this before it finished loading the items in
the taskbar by the clock. And it does NOT do it when I startup in Safe Mode.
I have checked MSconfig and turned off some of the startup items. I'm
wondering if there is a program or service starting in the background that
might cause this.

My desktop does exactly the same thing. It's the video card initializing I
think.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
P4 HT @ 3ghz, 4gb DDR, 700gb HDD
Soundblaster Audigy 4
ATI Radeon 9550 AGP Graphics
"frustratedguy" <frustratedguy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:125F0CB8-E840-477A-8A76-C1E7DF2D7B2E@microsoft.com...
>I am running Vista Home Prof. on a Vaio. When I boot up everything works
>but
> after I log in and the desktop appears, after about 3 seconds the whole
> screen blinks, as in turns black for no more than a second, then comes
> back
> on and finishes loading.
>
> I noticed that it always does this before it finished loading the items in
> the taskbar by the clock. And it does NOT do it when I startup in Safe
> Mode.
> I have checked MSconfig and turned off some of the startup items. I'm
> wondering if there is a program or service starting in the background that
> might cause this.

I wondered about the video card myself. Could it be a driver problem? I can't
find anything on any forums about it. Please let me know if you find a way to
fix this, or if I should just ignore it.

Thanks Peter.


"Peter" wrote:

> My desktop does exactly the same thing. It's the video card initializing I
> think.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> P4 HT @ 3ghz, 4gb DDR, 700gb HDD
> Soundblaster Audigy 4
> ATI Radeon 9550 AGP Graphics
> "frustratedguy" <frustratedguy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:125F0CB8-E840-477A-8A76-C1E7DF2D7B2E@microsoft.com...
> >I am running Vista Home Prof. on a Vaio. When I boot up everything works
> >but
> > after I log in and the desktop appears, after about 3 seconds the whole
> > screen blinks, as in turns black for no more than a second, then comes
> > back
> > on and finishes loading.
> >
> > I noticed that it always does this before it finished loading the items in
> > the taskbar by the clock. And it does NOT do it when I startup in Safe
> > Mode.
> > I have checked MSconfig and turned off some of the startup items. I'm
> > wondering if there is a program or service starting in the background that
> > might cause this.
>

It only does it once in a while here. Have you checked online if you have
the latest video drivers for whatever card you have.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
P4 HT @ 3ghz, 4gb DDR, 700gb HDD
Soundblaster Audigy 4
ATI Radeon 9550 AGP Graphics
"frustratedguy" <frustratedguy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C2EC336-EB8E-4730-A7B0-7BAC539F189F@microsoft.com...
>I wondered about the video card myself. Could it be a driver problem? I
>can't
> find anything on any forums about it. Please let me know if you find a way
> to
> fix this, or if I should just ignore it.
>
> Thanks Peter.
>
>
> "Peter" wrote:
>
>> My desktop does exactly the same thing. It's the video card initializing
>> I
>> think.
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> P4 HT @ 3ghz, 4gb DDR, 700gb HDD
>> Soundblaster Audigy 4
>> ATI Radeon 9550 AGP Graphics
>> "frustratedguy" <frustratedguy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:125F0CB8-E840-477A-8A76-C1E7DF2D7B2E@microsoft.com...
>> >I am running Vista Home Prof. on a Vaio. When I boot up everything works
>> >but
>> > after I log in and the desktop appears, after about 3 seconds the
>> > whole
>> > screen blinks, as in turns black for no more than a second, then comes
>> > back
>> > on and finishes loading.
>> >
>> > I noticed that it always does this before it finished loading the items
>> > in
>> > the taskbar by the clock. And it does NOT do it when I startup in Safe
>> > Mode.
>> > I have checked MSconfig and turned off some of the startup items. I'm
>> > wondering if there is a program or service starting in the background
>> > that
>> > might cause this.
>>

frustratedguy wrote:
> I wondered about the video card myself. Could it be a driver problem? I can't
> find anything on any forums about it. Please let me know if you find a way to
> fix this, or if I should just ignore it.

i don't think there is a fix, i'd just ignore it and not worry about it.

just my 2 cents,
ghost

>
> Thanks Peter.
>
>
> "Peter" wrote:
>
>> My desktop does exactly the same thing. It's the video card initializing I
>> think.
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> P4 HT @ 3ghz, 4gb DDR, 700gb HDD
>> Soundblaster Audigy 4
>> ATI Radeon 9550 AGP Graphics
>> "frustratedguy" <frustratedguy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:125F0CB8-E840-477A-8A76-C1E7DF2D7B2E@microsoft.com...
>>> I am running Vista Home Prof. on a Vaio. When I boot up everything works
>>> but
>>> after I log in and the desktop appears, after about 3 seconds the whole
>>> screen blinks, as in turns black for no more than a second, then comes
>>> back
>>> on and finishes loading.
>>>
>>> I noticed that it always does this before it finished loading the items in
>>> the taskbar by the clock. And it does NOT do it when I startup in Safe
>>> Mode.
>>> I have checked MSconfig and turned off some of the startup items. I'm
>>> wondering if there is a program or service starting in the background that
>>> might cause this.

On 23 Maj, 22:21, "Peter" <pet...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> It only does it once in a while here. Have you checked online if you have
> the latest video drivers for whatever card you have.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> P4 HT @ 3ghz, 4gb DDR, 700gb HDD
> Soundblaster Audigy 4
> ATI Radeon 9550 AGP Graphics"frustratedguy" <frustrated...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:6C2EC336-EB8E-4730-A7B0-7BAC539F189F@microsoft.com...
>
> >I wondered about the video card myself. Could it be a driver problem? I
> >can't
> > find anything on any forums about it. Please let me know if you find a way
> > to
> > fix this, or if I should just ignore it.
>
> > Thanks Peter.
>
> > "Peter" wrote:
>
> >> My desktop does exactly the same thing. It's the video card initializing
> >> I
> >> think.
>
> >> --
> >> Peter
> >> Toronto, Canada
> >> P4 HT @ 3ghz, 4gb DDR, 700gb HDD
> >> Soundblaster Audigy 4
> >> ATI Radeon 9550 AGP Graphics
> >> "frustratedguy" <frustrated...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message
> >>news:125F0CB8-E840-477A-8A76-C1E7DF2D7B2E@microsoft.com...
> >> >I am running Vista Home Prof. on a Vaio. When I boot up everything works
> >> >but
> >> > after I log in and the desktop appears, after about 3 seconds the
> >> > whole
> >> > screen blinks, as in turns black for no more than a second, then comes
> >> > back
> >> > on and finishes loading.
>
> >> > I noticed that it always does this before it finished loading the items
> >> > in
> >> > the taskbar by the clock. And it does NOT do it when I startup in Safe
> >> > Mode.
> >> > I have checked MSconfig and turned off some of the startup items. I'm
> >> > wondering if there is a program or service starting in the background
> >> > that
> >> > might cause this.

Hi

I have the same situation on my toshiba.
Drivers are up to date.
That is normal, as Peter said, graphic card is initializing , do not
worry about that, after few weeks you will not see it

TZMY