Ok, I managed to do a little bit a of reading and research. Apparently, I am suffering from KSOD (Black Screen of Death). Now, I can access things on this computer via the Task Manager. I've tried launching the explorer.exe from task manager, but Task Manager says that the specific path doesn't exist. I've looked at my registry key for this by opening "regedit.exe" with task manager. No, I'm not 100% that everything was right, but it appeared that "shell = explorer". So I assume that that key is correct. So, at present, the KSOD has dropped a interesting challenge in my lap that I cannot yet solve. I would mess around with the registry keys more, but I don't feel comfortable doing that, as most explanations I've read from users, seem to suggest more than a basic knowledge of computers and systems, and in short, I really don't want to mess anything up worse than it already is. Hope this info helps. I'll keep you posted if I find a solution for KSOD before you get a chance to post again.