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Safe Mode

My friends computer keeps starting up in safe mode. We would like to know how to get it to start up as normal. Any help greatly appreciated. Thankyou. :confused:

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  • Kevicho
    Kevicho Posts: 3,216 Forumite
    keep Pressing F8 before the windows logo appears, this will give you the options to start normally

    once restarted in that mode it should work fine

    otherwise you may have some spyware/virus probs
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,611 Forumite
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    if you go to the start button, bottom right of the screen, then click on "Run" type "Msconfig" and then hit Ok

    click on the "General" tab and make sure that Normal start-up option is chosen , also click on the "boot.ini" tab and make sure that /SAFEBOOT is not ticked

    if you change anything then click the "Apply" button and it will ask you to restart the computer
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  • pchelpman
    pchelpman Posts: 1,275 Forumite
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    Browntoa wrote:
    if you go to the start button, bottom right of the screen...
    I think he means bottom LEFT ;)
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,611 Forumite
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    whoops....left lol
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