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Windows 11 screen goes black after waking from sleep, only mouse moves
After waking my PC from sleep, the screen is totally black but the mouse cursor still works. Keyboard is unresponsive, I can only force restart. Tried updating graphics drivers and disabling fast sta...
The key clue here is that your mouse cursor is visible but the keyboard is unresponsive. This suggests that the system itself isn't completely frozen, but the Windows shell (the part that manages your desktop, taskbar, and File Explorer) has failed to load properly after waking up.