Restrict safe mode boot

[Tom S]

Is there a way to disable pressing the F8 key during XP startup?

 

[Rebecca Chen [MSFT]]

Hi Tom,

Pleause use the following steps to prevent user use Safe Mode and other
modes.

Open the registry key, delete network and minimal key under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot.

When the user presses F8 to enter the Safe Mode or other modes, Safe Mode
will crash.

HTH!

Best regards,

Rebecca Chen

MCSE2000 MCDBA CCNA


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[cquirke (MVP Win9x)]

Pleause use the following steps to prevent user use Safe Mode and other
modes.

Open the registry key, delete network and minimal key under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot.

When the user presses F8 to enter the Safe Mode or other modes, Safe Mode
will crash.

So a malware that does this can DoS the user out of using Safe Mode as
maintenace OS from which to disinfect?

http://cquirke.mvps.org/whatmos.htm and

http://cquirke.mvps.org/nomos.htm refer.

We *need* a proper maintenance OS for NTFS! Safe Mode isn't.

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