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Name: Sunshine1982 Date: February 23, 2009 at 14:10:08 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: General
Comment:
I was self teaching/experimenting and somehow set up my pc to start in dos mode/safe mode. I have to hit F2 for it to start and am unable to use other programs including windows installer because its in safe mode. PLease hhelp!
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: February 23, 2009 at 14:18:16 Pacific
Reply:
Reboot and select to Start Windows Normally. Also, there is no DOS in XP.
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Response Number 2
Name: aegis1 Date: February 23, 2009 at 15:26:47 Pacific
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There 'is' DOS in XP. The name is NT Virtual DOS Manager. It's c:\windows\system32\NTVDM.exe and is started when you click on the 'Command Prompt' icon. The Command Prompt is the interface for it.
Name: Chuck 2 Date: February 24, 2009 at 04:55:14 Pacific
Reply:
@ Sunshine
You may have done this to cause the problem --- Do Start, then RUN, then type
msconfig
Then on the "boot.ini" tab, uncheck SAFEBOOT box.
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Response Number 4
Name: Sunshine1982 Date: February 24, 2009 at 14:41:42 Pacific
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any idea how to fix windows installer? I am unable to download programs like itunes or picaboo. Thank you for your help before it fixed it like a charm. Im still learning!
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Response Number 5
Name: aegis1 Date: February 24, 2009 at 16:31:43 Pacific
Reply:
You could try the Windows Installer's Cleanup utility.
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