re: Can't boot into safe mode
Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 6:59 pm
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Posted by Dan
(2 messages posted)
I am having a similar problem - CTRL does NOTHING! I know how to setup the boot menu
for W98 (as you described), but I have a "garbage screen". I can't see anything
(set acceleration too low). Is there anything I can do in DOS to bring up the boot
menu? Thanks. Dan
On Monday, September 9, 2002 at 7:29 am, Brian wrote:
>Rich, That was a very frustrating issue for me as well. The Windows Help tells
you
>to do just what you say you did. The easiest procedure I have discovered is to
run
>"msconfig" from the Start / Run menu. The System Configuration Utility window appears.
> On the General tab, click on the Advanced button. Click on Enable Startup Menu
>to select it. No other items need be changed. When you click OK, you can reboot.
> All this will do is, upon rebooting, give you a screen that allows you to choose
>to launch into the Safe Mode, among other options. If you like always having this
>option, no other actions are necessary. To turn off this options screen so Windows
>will automatically launch in the normal mode, re-run msconfig, follow the same steps
>above and unselect Enable Startup Menu. Brian
>
>
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- re: Can't boot into safe mode (Brian: Monday, September 9, 2002 at 7:29 am)
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