About a minute after I turned on my computer it flashes then goes dark

When I turn on the computer its fine for about a minute then falters and darkens as the light goes out of it, how to fix?

Suggestions:

1. go on the website of your computer manufacturer. Update your graphics card driver.

2. make sure that the computer is virus-free
Use Malwarebytes:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/ ... choose the free version.

3 run a file system check to ensure that no
corrupted files.
http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-SFC-command.html

4. optimize performance
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/959062

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/ways-to-improve-your-computers-performance

5 if possible, do a system restore. If you can find a date where you did not have this problem, use this date as your restore point.

Start button > Search box, type system restore > press the Enter key > uac prompt > click on choose a different restore point > next > select dates as your restore point, click
> Next > finish
To sit and wait. The machine restarts when it's done.

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