Black Screen After Last Windows 10 Update

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Following the last Windows 10 update I get a black screen with only a cursor after logging into the user account, rendering Windows unusable. I get the same result if I boot it into Safe Mode. I have no idea how to resolve this.
 
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I am having the exact same issue, and all attempts to fix it are rendered useless. I even tried installing a brand new version of Windows and the issue still persists.
 
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I ran sfc scannow and chkdsk and no errors were reported. I ran the Windows Update Assistant again and got the same problem. Windows booted up with just a black screen and a cursor following the installation of the Windows upgrade.
 
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In troubleshooting this problem further I found that I can only boot into command prompt mode. Running chkdsk in that mode reports no errors. If I boot into safe mode, low-resolution mode or normally I get no graphics rendering except for the cursor. I'm running Windows in Parallels on an iMac with a 4k retina display, if that makes any difference.
 
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I've had black screen problems, and have resolved them by
resetting windows from the actions menu
and/or sending ctrl-alt-del to windows and choosing log off, then logging in again.
Sending ctrl-alt-del and running task manager, and killing anything not responding sometimes also helps.
 
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LeahA said:
Hi W.I, I am having the same problems. How do you send the Ctrl-Alt-Del to Windows and running task manager?
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Hi LeahA. Please start the virtual machine. Select Devices (from Mac menu bar) -> Keyboard -> Ctrl+Alt+Del to pass the command to the virtual machine.
 
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Well, I've tried everything mentioned in this thread plus uninstalling the A/V software before running the update again and nothing works. I guess I'm going to have to give up on Parallels after this one and either install Windows in Boot Camp or buy an actual PC.
 
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As a last resort before I gave up I restored the windows.pvm file from the oldest Time Machine backup I had and did the Windows updates again and it worked this time. I have no idea what was wrong with the newer pvm files because sfc /scannow and chkdsk reported no errors and I couldn't troubleshoot the problem after it occurred because I had no graphics other than the cursor. In any case, restoring from the oldest backup file I had and updating from there worked.
 
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Exact same problem here: black screen after session login on windows 10, right after the last big update. The solution for me was to...wait... I mean wait for several minutes and finally desktop showed up
 
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I am running v13, Win10 and just recently it started nagging me about the update. I let it run in the background and the next day noticed it was just a black screen. I had to restart and Windows automatically rolled back to the previous version quite smoothly.
Now it is again prompting me to install, and now it is stuck at 0% after about 30min. Does Parallels not support this version of Windows? I use this VM for work so it is blocking me, I can I guess roll-back but eventually Windows will just auto-install again.
 
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JeremyB1 said:
Exact same problem here: black screen after session login on windows 10, right after the last big update. The solution for me was to...wait... I mean wait for several minutes and finally desktop showed up
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I have the same problem. After the latest Windows 10 update version 1803 (one that will ask you to set a lot setting), I get a black screen after logging into Windows. I have to wait for a long long time before the desktop shows up. Like JeremyB1 said, a good several minutes. It looks like it's taking time to log in. It's annoying to have to wait for it to start up.

Will there be a fix?
 
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