Jim Easton said:
My current configuration with a wireless keyboard does not allow me to go
into safe mode during startup. I have to add another keyboard if I want
to go into safe mode. Is there a way to add Restart in SafeMode to
Windows XP Pro?
TIA
Jim
That can be a problem on a number of systems - mine, for example, which I
built less than a year ago.
I've also seen some older systems that can't get into the BIOS or Safe
Mode with the USB keyboard that shipped with the system. I took to
packing a PS2 keyboard when doing service calls.
The way around this if you have only the wired keyboard is to use msconfig
and the /safeboot checkbox on the boot.ini tab.
This, of course, assumes that you can actually get into regular mode. If
you can't, you will need to borrow or buy a PS2 or USB wired keyboard. The
PS2 keyboard assumes that your system *has* PS2 ports; some now don't.
HTH
-pk