Bootcamp black screen

I'm typing this on my ipad so please excuse any grammatical issues.
Well I've been running bootcamp for a good month now, and it's suddenly stopped working on me.. What happens is I turn it on, it gets part the 'starting windows' bit then I hear the log in sound and the screen goes black... Any ways to fix this? I'm on windows 7 please get back to me ASAP..
Thanks

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4536

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