Unable to get into Safe Mode

Hello LB.





First you're going to brick the OS with all the disruptive shutdowns.


As soon as you start/re-start the PC do you start to continually tap the F11 key?

karlsnooks said:

Layback,
I do not know what you are doing wrong, but--

Power on you computer and start tapping the SPACEBAR.

let me know the results.

Hey Karl, that's a good one, I'll remember that one.

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karlsnooks said:

Barefooting it,

Lots easier to find the spacebar key.

How did you make the snapshot? I need software to make a snapshot at an early stage of the startup/bootup procedure.

Howdy.


I took that with my camera as I tried that with my main system and made a snip of the pic so it wouldn't be so big to upload; but when I need to get snips of stuff like that for tutorials or something I do it in VirtualBox, like the snip below.

chev65 said:

To use the System Configuration Utility method

• Close all open programs.
• Click Start, Run and type MSCONFIG in the box and click OK
• The System Configuration Utility appears, On the BOOT.INI tab, Check the "/SAFEBOOT" option, and then click OK and Restart your computer when prompted.
• The computer restarts in Safe mode.

Repeat the process and uncheck the box when you're through with Safe Mode.
One caveat: Don't experiment with the other settings on this tab. You could wind up unable to get back into MSConfig to undo your changes.

karlsnooks said:

thanks.

Guess I'm going to have to break down and install/use Virtual Box.

I keep taking this OT, sorry.

@Karl, it looks like you have Ultimate, have a look at this.


Windows Virtual PC - Create Virtual Machine