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safe mode boot
Name: jimdu Date: April 21, 2005 at 14:38:10 Pacific OS: 98se CPU/Ram: intel/256m
Comment:
I have tried to boot to safe mode and have used both f2 and f8, the computer will not boot to safe mode. Does anyone know how i can get this machine to boot in safe mode. I need to this so that i can get ride of the se.dll worm.
Name: Dan Penny Date: April 21, 2005 at 14:41:54 Pacific
Reply:
Start, Run, msconfig. Click on Advanced tab. Put a checkmark in the box; Enable Startup Menu. Restart. To get rid of the menu, reverse the above steps.
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Response Number 2
Name: ham30 Date: April 21, 2005 at 17:26:24 Pacific
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Or try holding down the ctrl key while the PC is booting up.
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Response Number 3
Name: jimdu Date: April 22, 2005 at 07:17:17 Pacific
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Thanks to every one that replied to my post. I have tried also to hold down the control key, to no avail.
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Response Number 4
Name: Dan Penny Date: April 22, 2005 at 12:52:34 Pacific
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Did the msconfig change work for you, or are there further issues on this?
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Response Number 5
Name: jboy Date: April 22, 2005 at 15:40:03 Pacific
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There's a setting in the configuration file, MSDOS.SYS that can disable the function keys:
BootKeys=(Number) Default: 1 Purpose: A setting of 1 enables the use of the function key boot options (that is, F4, F5, F6, F8, and CTRL). A setting of 0 disables the use of these function keys during the boot process.
... not sure how this could be done accidentally..
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