Windows 10: How to fix black screen after windows update

Frustrated doesn't scratch the surface after over 15 hours trying to fix the disappearance of my desktop to only recover enough to be able to see task manager on an otherwise black screen. Asus X53E was running perfectly on an SSD that was cloned from HDD. No issues - none until Windows 10 update. Norton Antivirus used for 15 years so I'm confident it's not virus. Not cables! Not extended display. In the last 15 hours, booted from ISO Media creation and none of the repair options worked. Have done all the bootrec commands. Blue screen logon then nothing but black screen unless CTR

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Windows 7 black screen of death

I read a report a little while ago that said the black screens were nothing to do with updates but due to a malicious program (it hit more than just windows 7 users - vista, xp and 2000 were also prone to the black startup screen of death if infected). My windows 7 install is fully up-to-date and i've never had the black startup screen.

Just run some decent anti virus and you should be safe (i suggest microsoft security essentails since it's free and pretty decent). When you've installed an anti-virus i'd suggest doing a full scen to be sure there's nothing there.

 

Desktop becomes black/Taskbar unresponsive when waking up from standby

Follow the suggestions at below site.

Black screen after sleep in Windows 10 [STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE]

 

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.