Questions tagged [safe-mode]

Safe-mode is a stripped down version of an OS or application, used to diagnose issues.

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How do I boot Windows 8 into Safe Mode?

I have Windows 8 Enterprise x64. It's installed a virtual machine. After trying to update VMWare's guest extension it black screened. After resetting it, now the virtual machine won't boot. It just ...
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How do you start Windows 10 in safe mode?

I've been through the Windows 10 upgrade, and am experiencing a recurring "INTERNAL_POWER_ERROR", which is stopping me from logging in. I'd like to be able to try to boot to safe mode, but it appears ...
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Change screen resolution while in safe mode for normal mode

A screen of mine burnt out, and was replaced with a screen of lower resolution. It works in safe mode as that is in 800x600 resolution, but when I try to boot to normal mode, it fails. Is there a way ...
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How to start Chrome without plugins?

I have created a separate question Google Chrome completely unresponsive on the problem that may be fixed in this way. The browser cannot open any page, not even the settings, plugins and addons ...
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Windows 7 + Deep Freeze - I'm stuck in an endless reboot loop

I have the following setup: Windows 7 Ultimate Deep Freeze I "thawed" my machine last night and performed a Windows Update. The update is having issues (it gets stuck at 32%, fails, and restarts my ...
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Windows 8.1 Black screen and no safe mode [closed]

PROBLEM Cannot run Windows 8.1 due to black screen. No mouse pointer. Sometimes white cursor in top left. Cannot enter safe mode: get black screen but with a row of blue pixels at the bottom or a row ...
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F8 not showing "Advanced Boot Options" on a Windows 7 PC

Background I'm working on dis-infecting a Windows 7 PC where the user opened a ZIP email attachment. All the symptoms exactly match this description of the "Data Recovery" scareware, ...
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windows 7 fast in safe mode but extremely slow in normal mode

And by extremely slow I mean startup time of the order of 5-10 minute. And all the applications make me wait. Sometimes an application does not even start properly. Basically it's unusable for any ...
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Windows XP stuck on loading screen

Since yesterday my Windows XP install is stuck on the loading screen (XP logo and "progress bar" constantly moving). I waited more than one hour but nothing more happened. Before this problem occured ...
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How to enable audio in safe mode

I would like to listen to music while in safe mode. I have tried to start the audio service manually, but it returns error code 1068. I would also accept a solution in C or C++ if programming is ...
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How to identify the faulty driver if the computer working good in safe mode?

I had 64bit windows 10 computer, it then suddenly started BSOD. I tried everything in the internet but nothing solves the problem, so I just reformatted the pc and go back to windows 7. Everything ...
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What is the most reliable way to get a Windows 8/8.1 computer into Advanced Startup Options menu?

I would like to know what the best way to get a computer running Windows 8 or 8.1 into the light blue Advanced Startup Options menu is. Also list the ways to get into Safe Mode if different from the ...
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May I enable the F8 key function on Windows from Linux?

I have Windows 10 pro installed on C and it boots but I can no longer access it (the login bar doesn't appear); I want entering the system on safe mode but the F8 doesn't work, I guess it might be ...
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How do I change Windows 7 to boot normally instead of in safe-mode?

I was not able to boot in safe mode on my Windows 7 PC, so I went into boot manager and checked off boot into safe mode to see if that would fix the issue. Unfortunately it did not, and now my PC ...
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Safe mode in Windows 7 on Bootcamp?

How do I boot my Windows 7 partition to safe mode if it is installed into BOOTCAMP? On normal PC computers, you normally see the BIOS getting started and prompting you to press something (normally F8) ...
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What exactly does safe mode do? (Windows 7 and XP)

What does the OS change when it boots into safe mode, as compared to normal mode?
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SPTD.sys (from Daemon Tools) kills my boot (Win XP Media Center Edition)

Background So I've done a good bit of research on this issue and it appears that some PCs that have Daemon Tools or Alcohol (disk emulators) tend to have problems on booting when your computer loads ...
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Specify next boot to be into Safe Mode/WinRE via command line?

As the title says I would like a script that tells Windows that the next boot should be into Safe Mode or at least that the F8 menu should be presented on next boot. Booting into WinRE (Launch ...
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Outlook 2003 only wants to start in safe mode. How can I fix this?

This is the error message that keeps poppung up: Microsoft Office Outlook Outlook failed to start correctly last time. Starting Outlook in safe mode will help you correct or isolate a startup ...
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How to boot a Sony Vaio E Series running Windows 8 into Safe Mode

Following a bad graphics driver update leaving my screen completely black at boot I had a huge amount of trouble getting into Safe Mode to roll back the driver. First off the problem is that F8 doesn'...
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WinXP computer hangs at boot and then cycles to "F1, F2" screen

I have a Dell desktop that is hanging at the Windows XP splash screen and eventually (after about 5 minutes) cycles to a "F1 to retry boot F2 to enter setup utility". I tried to start the computer in ...
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How to get out of Safe Mode

I'm stuck in Safe Mode and can't get out of it. I'm on Windows 7 and have tried F8 and msconfig. Both show options to get out of safe mode, but once I'm booted up, I'm always still in safe mode. In ...
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Windows reboot to safemode from command prompt

Im just wondering if there is a way to reboot the windows machine in safemode from command prompt. Looked at the man page of shutdown but it is not there.
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Windows 10 downgrade bootloop

I downgraded to Windows 8.1 according to this answer's advice. Now, whenever I start my computer I am stuck seeing a bootloop of a black log-on screen. I can also see my mouse cursor which moves back ...
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How to get logs of crashes when system wont response

I got very strange thing happening all of sudden. My windows wont let me do right click Cltr alt del Click on taskbar Let me choose a icon Let me run antivurus It all started one day out of no ...
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Windows 8.1 Black screen + flickering mouse after update

So, my Windows 8.1 Computer announced that it needed to update, so I hit "Update and Shutdown". Normally, everything would be Ay-Okay, but apparently not this time. This time, whenever I boot my ...
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How to uncheck “safeboot” from System Configuration when only using keyboard

As stated in my previous question , I am using Windows 8.1. I do not use my laptop’s screen cause it is broken, so I use a monitor instead. So what happened was, I ran to “msconfig”, and went to the ...
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How to start XP in Safe Mode

I've tried pressing each of the function keys during startup, but haven't been able to get safe mode as an option. Is there another way?
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Windows 10 boot loop after update

Last week I got my new laptop and installed Windows10 with anniversary update. Some days it worked really well, however, during the last reboot of the system windows installed some updates and since ...
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No boot entry and can't enter safe mode (but otherwise the system boots - Windows 10), how to fix the boot record?

When I need to enter safe mode with my Windows 10 system (2004 build 19041) I found out that I cannot as the only item available in the advanced boot menu is UEFI settings. I think this is why: But ...
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