XP When is Safe Mode not Safe Mode?

[Ted]

My apologies if this has been posted. I am not an MS expert, though I
have worked with it a long time.

I am running XP SP2. I had some services trying to start for which I
had deleted the software. Via regedit, I did an export to make a
backup of the registry. I then went into the registry to delete some
of the service entries. Something went wrong so I ran the regedit
import to restore my registry. Ever since then, my XP boots "just
fine" except it boots, by default, in a version of Safe Mode. I have
my graphical settings. Apache starts. Norton starts and a few others.
However, I can't start my network. Most of the services (i.e. DHCP
are stopped). MSCONFIG, although I am not familiar with it looks
fine. (I.e safe mode is NOT checked).

I can't create a new network connection because the options are grey
and cannot be selected.

Any thoughs? Magic?

Many thanks in advace

Ted

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Sorry, this newsgroup is for questions about Access, the database product
that's part of Office Professional.

Your question would be best reposted to a newsgroup that's related to
Windows XP (they all start microsoft.public.windowsxp)

 

[John W. Vinson]

My apologies if this has been posted. I am not an MS expert, though I
have worked with it a long time.

You're posting in the wrong place. This newsgroup is for the database software
Microsoft Access. Please scroll down the list and repost in a Windows XP
newsgroup. The web page can be confusing!

John W. Vinson [MVP]