Larry:
Be warned that this method for getting into
safe mode affected the working of other programs
when I tried it on my computer. I am sorry that I
do not remember which programs were affected
but I believe I had to re-install them to get them
to work again.
Wally
On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 09:28:54 -0400 LarryB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> I will give it a try. Thanks for the input Harold
>
> LarryBrowning
> K & L Electronics
>
>
>
> Harold B. wrote:
> **************************************************
> Not sure if this can help here but there's a way to create a
> shortcut to
> Safe Mode; I know it works in Windows 98.:
>
> 1. Right click your desktop and choose NewShortcut
> 2. In the command line enter: "WIN. COM /D: M" (sans quotes and note
> the
> space
> between com and the forward slash)
> 3. Click Next and rename it "Safe Mode"
> 4. Click Finish.
> 5. Right click the new shortcut and go to Properties.
> 6. Click the Program tab, click the Advanced tab.
> 7. Put a checkmark next to "MS-DOS mode"
> 8. Remove the checkmark from "Warn before entering MS-DOS mode"
> 9. Click OK, OK
> 10. You can put the icon someplace in your Start menu.
> 11. Renaming it and changing the icon is optional.
>
> LarryB wrote:
> ******************************************
> I have been trying to start in safe mode and for some reason it
> just
> goes to windows, like it or not. I go to startturnoff computerTurn
> off
> then I turn the computer back on and when I see the first sign of
> light
> on the screen I start hitting F8. It just goes to Windows. I am
> using a
> Logitech wireless keyboard and I wonder if that makes a difference?
> It
> has a F-Lock on it and I have tried it both ways, with the light out
> and
> with the light on, no difference. I went to help on the computer
> and
> their terminology is even different. They say Click Shut Down, well
> there is no "shut down". --- Thanks ---
> LarryBrowning,
> K & L Electronics
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