Windows 10: Black screen problem with only taskbar for several minutes upon startup

Ever since 2 weeks ago, my laptop has been experiencing issues upon startup. I don't remember the exact circumstances now, but one day I signed in, and my screen was in black-and-white, even though I had changed nothing. Then, every day since, when I start my computer the screen is black. If I press the Windows button + S, the taskbar shows up, and I can interact with it without limitation. But when I open an app, like task manager, it doesn't show on the screen for several minutes. I can hover my cursor over its icon in the taskbar, it shows up on the screen along with my wallpaper and everything else. When I click on its icon in the taskbar, the screen becomes black again. Recently, I noticed that if I click the blackness, a Windows notification/error sound is made. The blackness lasts several minutes upon startup; before this problem, I was able to start my laptop surprisingly fast. I've scoured the internet, but none of the black-screen problems seem to match up with mine, nor do the solutions seem to work.


Here is some information that may also help:

• It works fine in safe mode.
• Since the problem has started, my reliability monitor shows many critical events, when beforehand, there were literally no critical events for weeks, unless I'm missing something.
• I also recall a random blue screen of death around two weeks ago that fixed upon restart.
• My graphics card is IntelR UHD Graphics 620
• All my drivers are up-to-date, according to Lenovo Vantage

Please ask me if there is any other information you need to help me. I appreciate your consideration.

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Black Screen on Startup

Hello,

Could you please answer few questions:

• 
  When you say “Now, nothing is on my desktop” what exactly are you referring to?
  
• 
  Are you getting black screen after Sign in?
  

If you are getting black screen after sign in, I would suggest you to follow the steps mentioned in the below help article and check if it helps.

Troubleshoot black screen problems

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-10/troubleshoot-black-screen-problems

Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.

 

Black Screen after Log on


Computer boots to windows log on,have no password here.After a minute on log on it go to a black screen,stays there forever. I can get to Task Manager from black Screen,lost on what to do next. Just want my Windows 10 back, not sure what caused this problem. Any Suggestion on what my next step should be?*Sad

 

Black screen at initial startup, no cursor

Hi,

I appreciate the troubleshooting steps you have tried to resolve the issue. I suggest you to refer the link below and follow the troubleshooting steps suggested and check the status of the issue.

Troubleshoot black screen problems

Thank you.