Windows 10: Black screen after switching accounts

win key/L....select account..enter pw....get black screen with cursor.
ctrl/alt/delete does nothing and suggestions i've tried do nothing.
very annoying

:)

 

Strange startup bug after updating to latest update yesterday (16-1) in Windows 10

I created a new local user account,

logged in and out from it and switched to my original account and back.

In both cases I saw a correct desktop with icons.

After a cold boot and a restart the problem appeared again,

skipping the entire Login screen and logging into an empty desktop automatically, so I could not choose a user at all.

After a reboot the login screen appeared and I could actually choose the new user account and login with it.

This worked. I switched to my new account and signed out and tried a reboot.

This caused a black screen and no desktop at all after reboot.

So i hear the windows login sound but I don't see anything, just black screen.

I had to use a hard reset to reboot after that and the new problem (completely black screen) still persisted.

After my second hard reset I saw a windows logo that said just wait...

and then it asked for my keyboard layout which i could not set,

after hard rebooting from that screen I was able to log in again and I used my old account and luckily it worked again....

hope this description helps a bit...

Tom

 

E5 waking up

The screen automatically goes black after some time. So when I lock the keypad from standby, the screen goes black after some time but after 5 seconds it pops up again. Is this normal? And is there a way to switch the screen off with a button?

 

I have exactly the same problem on one of around 35 windows 10 upgraded PCs when I switch user. A few of the PCs have a black screen for a few seconds but this one stays black forever and needs a re-boot. If I log-out of an account I then get the login screen and all is OK