How to Restart Your Computer in Safe Mode
 If you are having trouble with Microsoft Windows, you can restart your computer in Safe Mode. Safe Mode is a diagnostic mode which only loads the bare essentials needed for Windows to operate. Viruses, trojans, worms, adware, or spyware which infect computers will load and begin running when you start Windows; once running, these programs can be very hard to remove. Safe Mode keeps these types of ‘malware’ from starting up, which makes removal much easier. Once in Safe Mode, you may run your antivirus or antispyware software like normal, and this will often yield much better results than in normal mode.
Restarting your Computer in Safe Mode using Windows XP
1. Click on the Start Menu and click Run…
2. In the box that comes up type in "msconfig" and click OK.
3. Next click the BOOT.INI tab at the top of the System Configuration Utility box.
4. Next, check the /SAFEBOOT option. This will cause your computer to load into Safe Mode the next time it is restarted. Then click OK.
5. A screen will come up asking you if you would like to restart your computer now. Click Restart and your computer will reboot into Safe Mode.
*Make sure that after you are finished using Safemode that you repeat the same steps to disable the start in Safemode option.
Restarting your Computer in Safe Mode using Windows 2000
1. Start with your computer off.
2. Turn it on, and wait until you get to a black and grey screen. There will be a grey bar at the bottom, with the text "For troubleshooting and advanced startup options for Windows 2000, press F8". Press F8.
3. A black screen will appear with different boot options. Using the arrow keys select Safemode from the list and press the enter key.
4. Your computer will boot up in Safemode. Once you are finished using Safe Mode, just restart your computer and it will start up normally.
Last updated 7/21/05
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