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Screen blanks as if rebooting but then all windows exactly as before.
Has happened 4 or 5 times (that I know of, would not know if happened while PC is in lock status) in the last month.
I'll be typing or reading the screen and screens go black and a few seconds later both display the connection type (HDMI, etc). A few seconds later, the lock screen appears, and I enter my PIN and everything is exactly as it was when the screens went blank.
Today was the first time I looked but no errors or warnings in the system event log but does include strange (to me) information messages:
The time provider 'VMICTimeProvider' has indicated that the current hardware and operating environment is not supported and has stopped. This behavior is expected for VMICTimeProvider on non-HyperV-guest environments. This may be the expected behavior for the current provider in the current operating environment as well.
The time provider NtpClient is currently receiving valid time data from time.windows.com,0x9 (ntp.m|0x9|0.0.0.0:123->40.119.6.228:123).
No PC hardware changes for 6 months.
C: drive 1TB Samsung 980 Pro NVMe
D: drive 1TB SPCC NVMe
Any ideas for what's wrong or how to fix?
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You know those days when you’re working, typing away, and suddenly the screen goes blank? You’re like, “Is this a Windows reboot, or are we about to enter a black hole of existential dread?” It’s got that dramatic flair, right? You’re sitting there like, “Oh great, I guess Meltdown Mondays is back… but without the actual melting!”
Sounds like a toned down version of the old time "BSOD".
Had it once on the gaming rig. Just because the user and admin was interested in securing a 20MiB ish download of text from a very secure system.
Ohhh... try manually setting the time with a touch pen or other pointing device(s). Just set it to manual and put it back or forward 2 hours depending on which way has the best time zone to transfer time on the wires (fiber optical or TP-cables). Something like that.
You might need to contact IT support on the phone while at the screen(s).
All the best.
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