reboot

[lau]

reboot in safe mode?

[peckr1210]

I understand reboot but "safe mode" no.

I wouldn't mind knowing though.

[brad]

From the Windows Start menu, go to Turn off computer and click Restart.

As the computer restarts, watch for a progress bar at the bottom of the screen. press F8 about once every second.

Immediately press F8 before the progress bar reaches the right side of the screen.

From the Windows Start-up menu, highlight Safe Mode and press Enter.

Wait for your desktop to appear, and then make the necessary repairs (for example, uninstall programs or devices).

When the repairs are done, restart the computer, and allow it to boot normally.

brad

[Ranger Bob]

I thought you guys might be interested in this:

If you find that you frequently need to boot to Safe Mode, you can actually add it right to the Boot Menu, so you don't need to hit F8 to get to the hidden menu.

Here is how to add it:

Right-click My Computer, and choose Properties. On the Advanced tab, click the Settings button, which brings up the Startup and Recovery window. Click the Edit button, which will open the boot.ini file in Notepad. Look under the [Operating Systems] for your default OS. Copy the entire line, and paste it on the line below. Change the description in the quotations to say "Safe Mode" or whatever description you want. Then add the following to the end of the line you just copied:

/safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog

If you want networking support, then change "minimal" to "network" without the quotes. You may want to make a copy of the c:\boot.ini file (which is hidden and read only) before you begin this process.

[Ranger Bob]

How to display the start up Menu without pressing F8 on start up in Windows 98.

When you want to display the start up menu at the time you start Windows, you need to press F8. There is also a way of displaying it automatically:

1. Use Explorer and find Msdos.sys in the root directory -- it is a hidden file (see Show all files to see how to show hidden files in Explorer)

2. Make a copy of the Msdos.sys file in your TEMP directory, or any other directory. (just in case...)

3. Right-click Msdos.sys and select Properties

4. Uncheck the Read-only attribute

5. Open a Msdos window (click Start > Programs > MS-DOS Prompt and type edit C:\Msdos.sys

6. Under the [Options] section, type:

BootMenu=1
BootMenuDefault=1
BootMenuDelay=xx (where xx is the delay in seconds)

7. Save the file

8. In Explorer right-click on Msdos.sys, select Properties and check the Read-only attribute

You can also use TweakUI to change these settings on the Boot tab.