Windows 10: Windows 10 Start Screen

I was getting the black screen with cursor error that so many others seem to have an issue with. I wish that was the only issue now…..After trying every thing possible, last resort was a full restore. When windows was reinstalling my laptop powered down and has been in a perpetual loop of trying to power on, sometimes making it back to the install window sometimes not, before shutting down and trying to restart again. I can’t F8 to start in safe mode, there is no breaking the cycle of every revolving restarts except to completely power it off again. The second I press the power key, it’s

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Black screen after 'Starting Windows' sequence

Sounds like the old... windows black screen of death.

Try this quoted from "VisiHow" article "Repair Windows 7 Black Screen of Death":

They, also, have some other options there, too.
Google search and you will find a lot of the "Windows Black Screen of Death with cursor" fixes.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

How do I get the Windows 8.1 start screen in Windows 10?

Hi,



Apologies for the late reply.

I would suggest you to try the following steps:

• 
  Click Start icon and click Settings
  
• 
  Choose Personalization, click on Start
  
• 
  Turn on “Use start full screen”
  

Regards,