Hi Steve,
Thank you for your quick response!
Yeah it's literally a black screen, no error codes, window edges or anything. No sound either, but if I kill the task it goes back to the desktop.
Another idea I had was to try a System Restore, but somehow the only point I can restore to says today when the issue came about a couple of weeks ago. I know this is more of am OS issue than the software but I thought I'd explain each step in case I've inadvertently ballsed it up!
Event viewer has .Net errors too but it seems repairing v2.0 and installing 3.5 and 4.0 hasn't helped. OS is Windows XP (don't judge but I live by the philosophy if it ain't broke don't fix it! =P)
I'm not too bad when it comes to computers, although I admit to being no expert; buttons has me stumped!
Thanks for your time,
Jason