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Dexter Que

I cannot access safe mode at all by constantly hitting the F8 key as the
boot process starts. .I have a Logitech Access keyboard, which comes with a
disk to program the board. I know the possibility that the problem most
likely lies with the keyboard. Is there any other way to get into safemode?
This has been going on for 2+ weeks. When the problem first started I was
able to get to the black screen, but was unable to move the highlighted
area, normal I think, up to safe mode.
Anybody ever have a similar problem? Any ideas would be helpful.
TIA
Dexter
 
Hi,

Are you able to boot in normal mode at all? If so, you can force a safe mode
boot. Click start/run, type msconfig and click ok. Go to the boot.ini tab
and enable the /safeboot option. Click apply/ok and you will be prompted to
reboot. Doing so will bring you straight to safe mode. You will need to undo
this option to get back to normal mode.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
I cannot access safe mode at all by constantly hitting the F8 key as the
boot process starts. .I have a Logitech Access keyboard, which comes with a
disk to program the board. I know the possibility that the problem most
likely lies with the keyboard. Is there any other way to get into safemode?
This has been going on for 2+ weeks. When the problem first started I was
able to get to the black screen, but was unable to move the highlighted
area, normal I think, up to safe mode.
Anybody ever have a similar problem? Any ideas would be helpful.
TIA
Dexter
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Dexter, does the keyboard have multi-purpose function keys and an F-Lock
key? If yes, try pressing F-Lock to lock in basic functions and then F8. Or
press and hold F-Lock while pressing the F8 button.
 
Thank you Sharon. Next I'll rtfm.
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No problem, Dexter. I'm not going to tell you how many times I restarted
with my first F-Lock keyboard before I figured out that I was missing that
step too ;)
 
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