Safe Mode problems

[Mike Jacobs]

with thoughts of a virus, I shut off "system restore" and
was going to run a virus scan from safe mode.
Choosing "safe mode" from the F8 during startup, would
not load the "windows safe mode desktop". I then
restarted the computer normally, went to the command line
in "run" and entered "msconfig" and chose "safemode" and
restarted the computer. When the computer restarted, It
still would not load to the "safe mode desktop". After
several attempts without success, I tried to "reload" XP
from the cd, and chose "repair existing OS", it worked,
except when the system shut down to finish loading the
operating system, it came up with the message, Windows
cannot finish loading in "safe mode". How do you turn off
safe mode without actually going into the run command
from the desktop and unchecking "safemode"? With the F8
option during startup, choosing "start windows normally
does not work either. I also tried to go into
the "Recovery Console" but my administration password did
not work. Is there a "standard" password? Any help would
be greatly appreciated. Thank you

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Mike,

There is no "standard" password, you may be the victim of sysprep.

Cannot Log On to Recovery Console After Running Sysprep [Q308402]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308402

If so, use the recovery console via the boot floppy set as described in the
article, here are the links:

Home edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=33290

Professional edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=33291

What you will need to do is delete the existing boot.ini file and create a
new one. From the command prompt, run:

del C:\boot.ini
bootcfg /rebuild

Then exit the recovery console and restart the system.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org