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Black screen display when returned from window lock

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I usually lock my windows XP when away from computer for few minutes by "windows key" + "L". Before I lock the computer, I left my FireFox on the top of my screen. Once I have "unlock" my windows, the FireFox shows up as a black windows with only the title bar displaed.

I usually lock my windows XP when away from computer for few minutes by "windows key" + "L". Before I lock the computer, I left my FireFox on the top of my screen. Once I have "unlock" my windows, the FireFox shows up as a black windows with only the title bar displaed.

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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

Try to disable hardware acceleration.

If disabling hardware acceleration works then check if there is an update available for your graphics display driver.