Satellite L300 29R - Monitor flickers on and off at start up - Vista

Hi from Bxl,
after turning the computer on, when the desktop icons are already visible and the background photo as well, the monitor blinks on and off in black for about 1 second each time.
Then it stabilizes and things 'seem' to work normal.
But then again, I am no expert. Perhaps there are other problems.
I recently bought a new camera and it seems to me that the problem started after downloading the software.
In the meantime I deleted it again but this flickering at start up remains.
What should I do? Please if any solutions, explain to me as to a 'total beginner'.
Thanks so much for your help in advance!
Iris

It is not easy to say why this happen.
For me it looks like some component will be loaded in the background and it has something to do with graphic.
We can obviously just speculate why this happen but at the end you must check preinstalled stuff and running background processes to see what the problem can be. What you can try is to install latest display driver offered on Toshiba support page.
At least, if everything works well leave it.

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