Add a Safe Mode option to Windows XP Boot menu

[Guest]

I received a 'tip' (shown below between the rows of double lines) today from
a technology promoting group. It sounds handy, as I have some work to do to
clean up a bunch of ad-ware, etc. However, before I make the changes, can
anyone guide me on the reliability, safety, stability of doing this?
Thanks for your assistance
Peter Follett
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When you're experiencing a problem with Windows XP, you may need to boot the
system into Safe Mode more than once. However, doing so can be a tiresome
process. When the Boot menu appears, you must press [F8], and then you must
select Safe Mode from yet another menu.
Wouldn't it be nice if Safe Mode were available from the Boot menu? In fact,
it's relatively easy to add a Safe Mode option to the Boot menu.
Follow these steps:
1. Press [Windows][Break] to open the System Properties dialog box.
2. On the Advanced tab, click the Settings button in the Startup And
Recovery section.
3. In the System Startup section, click the Edit button.
4. When the Boot.ini file opens in Notepad, locate the line that ends with
the /fastdetect switch.
5. Highlight and copy that line, and paste it in the line below.
6. Change the section on the line that reads WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" to WINDOWS="Safe Mode."
7. Add the following to the end of the line:

/safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog
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[kurttrail]

I received a 'tip' (shown below between the rows of double lines)
today from a technology promoting group. It sounds handy, as I have
some work to do to clean up a bunch of ad-ware, etc. However, before
I make the changes, can anyone guide me on the reliability, safety,
stability of doing this?
Thanks for your assistance
Peter Follett
============================================
When you're experiencing a problem with Windows XP, you may need to
boot the system into Safe Mode more than once. However, doing so can
be a tiresome process. When the Boot menu appears, you must press
[F8], and then you must select Safe Mode from yet another menu.
Wouldn't it be nice if Safe Mode were available from the Boot menu?
In fact, it's relatively easy to add a Safe Mode option to the Boot
menu.
Follow these steps:
1. Press [Windows][Break] to open the System Properties dialog box.
2. On the Advanced tab, click the Settings button in the Startup And
Recovery section.
3. In the System Startup section, click the Edit button.
4. When the Boot.ini file opens in Notepad, locate the line that ends
with the /fastdetect switch.
5. Highlight and copy that line, and paste it in the line below.
6. Change the section on the line that reads WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Professional" to WINDOWS="Safe Mode."
7. Add the following to the end of the line:

/safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog
=======================================================

I would also edit down the timeout before it automaticall ygoes on to
the default option down to 5 seconds.

For More Info on the switches to add:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;833721
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239780/en-us

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[Mickey]

I received a 'tip' (shown below between the rows of double lines) today from
a technology promoting group. It sounds handy, as I have some work to do
to
clean up a bunch of ad-ware, etc. However, before I make the changes, can
anyone guide me on the reliability, safety, stability of doing this?
Thanks for your assistance

When you're experiencing a problem with Windows XP, you may need to boot the
system into Safe Mode more than once. However, doing so can be a tiresome
process. When the Boot menu appears, you must press [F8], and then you must
select Safe Mode from yet another menu.
Wouldn't it be nice if Safe Mode were available from the Boot menu? In fact,
it's relatively easy to add a Safe Mode option to the Boot menu.
Follow these steps:
1. Press [Windows][Break] to open the System Properties dialog box.
2. On the Advanced tab, click the Settings button in the Startup And
Recovery section.
3. In the System Startup section, click the Edit button.
4. When the Boot.ini file opens in Notepad, locate the line that ends with
the /fastdetect switch.
5. Highlight and copy that line, and paste it in the line below.
6. Change the section on the line that reads WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" to WINDOWS="Safe Mode."
7. Add the following to the end of the line:

/safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog



I received the same tip from BootDisk "BootList", most every tip that goes
through BootDisk is reviewed by their staff, and I personally think BootDisk
is One of the Premier Sites on the WWW.

Mick