Im in safe mode and can't load windows, it keeps going to safe mode or ms dos. How do I GET OUT!I have a problem when windows loads saying it cant figure out what configuration Im in and it askes me
1. Original configuration
2.(this is left blank)
3. none of the above
I would click #1 enter and then it would scroll all this stuff about... Microsoft workgroup Mapper version 2.0 problems but I could press the space bar and it (windows) will load. But some how I got into ms dos and cant get out. Please help me.
Ü Thank you, Mary

type win or exit in ms dos

I have tried that and there is no promt

Sounds a bit complicated so I'm none too sure what to suggest.

If you can get to the Windows Safe Mode screen (one with safe mode at each corner) then I would head for the Control Panel then System. Take a look to see if there are any yellow questions marks. If so you might be able to find what area of the system is at fault.

I'm not familiar with Workgroup Mapper but perhaps if you can find this in Control Panel/Add-Remove you should uninstall it (assuming you have the program to hand somehwere). If the system then boots OK install it again. BUT await advice from someone who knows about mapper before doing this.

Are you W95 or W98?

Derek

1st guess - From dos type in scanreg /restore to restore a previous registry.

2nd guess - If you're win98, rename autoexec.bat to autoexec.old from dos by typing

c: (enter)
cd.. (enter)
ren autoexec.bat autoexec.old

.. sometimes a program will update your autoexec.bat to boot straight into dos mode resulting in the condition you are now in.

W95 boots into Safe Mode .
http://www.geocities.com/~budallen/safemode.html#Computer Automatically Boots Into Safe Mode
http://www.geocities.com/~budallen/safemode.html#Computer%20Automatically%20Boots%20Into%20Safe%20Mode

W98 boots into Safe Mode .
http://www.geocities.com/~budallen/safemode.html#Windows 98 Starts in Safe Mode
http://www.geocities.com/~budallen/safemode.html#Windows%2098%20Starts%20in%20Safe%20Mode%20.

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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q143283
Windows 98 or Windows 95 Defaults to Safe Mode Even After Successful Start (Q143283)
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 95

---------Boots into DOS .

Go to Start, Shutdown, Restart in MSDOS.
You'll be at c:\windows. Type in cd\ and press Enter.
Once at the c prompt type in the following
ren autoexec.bat autoexec.moo (acutally any 3 letter will do for the
last part...which I have chosen to be moo) then press enter. You'll
be at a c prompt again. Then type ren config.sys config.moo press
Enter.
You'll be at a C prompt.
Press CTRL-ALT-DEL or just shut down the system and turn it back on.
That will get you out of a DOS Loop most of the time.

Guess what? I'm not stuck in MS DOS, it kinda looks like the safe mode. My color and all is blurred. I can do most everything on here, but the color looks funny and when I finally get on windows a error comes up
RUNDLL
error loading C:\Progra~1|Newdot~1\newdot~2.DLL

Yes, it sounds as if you are in Safe Mode (and therefore using basic Window drivers with 640x480 screen size).

I've never used Newdot stuff but I gather it has spyware.

My general feeling is that you should go to Control Panel/Add-Remove and see if there is an entry for Newdot. If so uninstall it and see if that fixes the problem.

In the longer term if you want Newdot then get hold of Ad-Aware which is a program that will removes spyware (including Newdot).