Safe Mode

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Frank Redden

I am unable to get into safe mode. I am using Windows XP. I reboot the
machine and bring up safe mode by pressing F8 steady. The screen will come
up on the display but I am unable to select anything. The screen is locked.
This happened once before and I removed the mouse from the USB socket and
added a plug to the mouse and up it came and worked fine. This time no go.
Any help would be appreciated.
Frank Redden
 
Frank Redden said:
I am unable to get into safe mode. I am using Windows XP. I reboot the
machine and bring up safe mode by pressing F8 steady. The screen will come
up on the display but I am unable to select anything. The screen is locked.
This happened once before and I removed the mouse from the USB socket and
added a plug to the mouse and up it came and worked fine. This time no go.
Any help would be appreciated.
Frank Redden
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Or you could use the Up & Down Arrow on the Keyboard
 
Frank Redden said:
I am unable to get into safe mode. I am using Windows XP. I reboot the
machine and bring up safe mode by pressing F8 steady. The screen will come
up on the display but I am unable to select anything. The screen is locked.
This happened once before and I removed the mouse from the USB socket and
added a plug to the mouse and up it came and worked fine. This time no go.
Any help would be appreciated.
Frank Redden
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Get another mouse from a friend or a neighbour and try the selection.
Hoepfully the Serial port not damaged for the Mouse or try a USB mouse.
HTH.
nass
 
To Bert Kinney Re safe mode Your solution worked perfect Thanks very much
Bert
Frank Redden
 
As far as I know the mouse doesn't work with the Bootmenu screen and you
have to use the keyboard to get around.
 
You're saying you simply swapped the mouse from a USB port, added the
adaptor for the PS2 port (round plug) or serial connector (similar to the
vga port).

Did you do a reboot of the system?

Did you ensure that the serial ports are enabled in your BIOS?
 
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