safe mode

[lookn346511]

I keep coming up in safe mode, can not get back to normal.

 

[ski]

Restart, press and hold the Ctrl key, select 'Command Prompt Only', press Enter, type scanreg/restore, press Enter, use the arrow keys to select the earliest dated Registry, and press Enter.

If the system does not start normally, then do a clean boot to troubleshoot the problem(usually caused by a bad driver).

 

[jmatt]

More info here if needed .

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 Automatically Boots Into Safe Mode

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 98 Starts in Safe Mode .

 

[mattjurado]

Boy, restoring registries without question, ski is either one brave soul, or an mcse...

Okay, let's start with the most logical question. When did this start, and what changes have been made?

Matt

 

[ski]

The system checks the previous Registry to make sure it's ok before replacing the current one.
I have restored my Registry with earlier versions many times without problems.
The only thing the user may have to do is to install any programs that were installed prior to the replacement Registry's date.

 

[TonyBose]

Can't you just restore the backup you made yesterday? EVERYONE knows you make daily backups.

 

[ski]

The last line in my previous post should have read - "The only thing the user may have to do is to install any programs that were installed subsequent to the replacement Registry's date."

One can restore yesterday's Registry backup if a large number of programs were installed between when it and the previous Registry were backed up.
However, the point to restoring the Registry in this situation is to determine if doing this will solve the problem, and not to prevent having to reinstall some programs.
And since most users do not remember exactly when the problem started, restoring the earliest dated Registry is the quickest way to know if the problem can be solved with this procedure.

 

[davidelnormal]

I agree, restore the registry, but shouldn't there be a space before the forward slash? ie.scanreg /restore

 

[ski]

It will work with or w/o the space(at least it does on my system).