any way of rebooting into safe mode w/o pressing F8 during bootup

[theNEOone]

as per this thread i cannot see anything on my screen before booting into windows, and pressing some keys will prevent me from going into winows at all. is there a console/run command that i can execute from within windows that will let me reboot into safemode?

 

[LTC8K6]

I believe you can run MSCONFIG, click on advanced, and tell it to enable the startup menu.

 

[3chordcharlie]

have you tried booting a windows98 startup disk?

I don't have an XP machine in front of me, but there's a startup and recovery menu in control panel - system - advanced that you may be able to change your default 'OS' to 'safemode'

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: LTC8K6
I believe you can run MSCONFIG, click on advanced, and tell it to enable the startup menu.

That's one way - but if you can't even get into Windows to run MSCONFIG, there's a simple method.

Boot it and then hit the hardware reset during the XP logo. Forces it to display bootmenu.

- M4H

 

[LTC8K6]

Well, he asked for one that he could run from within windows.

 

[theNEOone]

Originally posted by: LTC8K6
Well, he asked for one that he could run from within windows.

yah, actually i tired yours out and added the safe boot command to the end of boot.ini - well now i can't even get into windows...what the hell?? i have no idea what to do now, i can't get into windows, i can't get into the bios, i can't enter any kind of setup....WHAT THE FUCK!??!!?

(not mad at you btw, i suspected that i might run into this problem. i'm mad at my retard family for using my computer when they came up to visit for graduation. 4 years w/o a fvcking problem, and now this.)

i'm using my notebook to post here, btw.

 

[Ichinisan]

This computer at my work place had the same problem, where the monitor was blank until Windows switches into VGA mode. It was apparently caused by a bad connection with the VGA cable. An auto mechanic guy tried to fix it by putting some conductive grease into the connector, and it worked! I wouldn't recommend that solution because it is also likely to cause problems...so just try reseating the VGA cable. If it's a short inside the cable, I hope that yours is detachable...

 

[theNEOone]

Originally posted by: Ichinisan
This computer at my work place had the same problem, where the monitor was blank until Windows switches into VGA mode. It was apparently caused by a bad connection with the VGA cable. An auto mechanic guy tried to fix it by putting some conductive grease into the connector, and it worked! I wouldn't recommend that solution because it is also likely to cause problems...so just try reseating the VGA cable. If it's a short inside the cable, I hope that yours is detachable...

my card is dual dvi so i just plugged it into the second port, and it worked.

wonderful, usually the simplest solutions are the right ones.