How to run from 'Safe Boot' (mode)

Safe Boot (mode) is a way to run your computer, with limited resources, so you can fix it -troubleshoot- or do whatever you're wanting to do.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Computer with Windows system installed

1. you can do it one of two ways....start menu or run menu. You choose.
2. Either way, type: msconfig
3. It will open the system configuration
4. Click the selective start up (you don't have to do this part) and choose what you'd like to have in your safe boot...such as your start up items. If your computer needs safe boot really bad, you can choose 'Diagnostic startup' located above the selective start up area.
5. Go to the Boot menu, then once it opens, click 'Safe boot'. Here you should click if you'd like Networking (Internet) or not and other things as well. To have the least running when you run in safe mode, just click 'minimal' (or leave as is)
6. Once done, click 'Ok'
7. It will ask you if you'd like to restart now, or close without restart. You choose.
8. Once it starts up, and you've done what you needed, go back through the steps again and this time, instead of clicking 'Safe Boot', click 'Normal', like it was when you started.
9. Click 'Ok'.
10. It will ask again, if you'd like to restart now, or close without restart. Restart.

Tips & Warnings

• you may, at your own risk, choose what you'd like in the safe boot to be ran or not ran, in the extra boxes, which are included in the system configuration window. You can see them in the same area as the 'Safe Boot'.
• make sure to turn the computer back to 'Normal' once done, or you'll be starting, once again, in 'Safe Boot'
• unless you decided to, you will not have Internet (network) access while in 'Safe Boot' (mode) (step 5)
• If you're doing this because of a virus/worm/trojan, I strongly recommend turning OFF the System Restore BEFORE restarting into 'Safe Boot' (mode). (my link below)