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windows 98 safe mode 1
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PhiloVance
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To start Windows in safe mode
Click Options, and then click Print to print this topic for reference. Windows Help is not available while you start your computer or run your programs on the MS-DOS operating system.
Click Start, and then click Shut down.
Click Restart, click OK, and then press and hold the CTRL key until the Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu appears.
For some machines, you can use F8 instead of CTRL to bring up the Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu.
Enter the number for Safe mode, and then press ENTER.
Notes
In safe mode, Windows uses default settings (VGA monitor, no network, Microsoft mouse driver, and the minimum device drivers required to start Windows). You will not have access to CD-ROM drives, printers, or other devices.
You can change settings as needed by clicking Start, pointing to Settings, clicking Control Panel, and double-clicking Network or System.
After you finish this procedure, you need to restart your computer before Windows will start properly.
Above copied from Win 98 help file. Is this what you need?
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Click Options, and then click Print to print this topic for reference. Windows Help is not available while you start your computer or run your programs on the MS-DOS operating system.
Click Start, and then click Shut down.
Click Restart, click OK, and then press and hold the CTRL key until the Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu appears.
For some machines, you can use F8 instead of CTRL to bring up the Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu.
Enter the number for Safe mode, and then press ENTER.
Notes
In safe mode, Windows uses default settings (VGA monitor, no network, Microsoft mouse driver, and the minimum device drivers required to start Windows). You will not have access to CD-ROM drives, printers, or other devices.
You can change settings as needed by clicking Start, pointing to Settings, clicking Control Panel, and double-clicking Network or System.
After you finish this procedure, you need to restart your computer before Windows will start properly.
Above copied from Win 98 help file. Is this what you need?
[sig]<p>PhiloVance<br>Other hobbies, interests: Travel, Model RR (HO Gauge), Genealogy.[/sig]
Safe Mode will not have access to the registry, so it will know very little about your system except what it learns on the fly.
If color settings will not change, then you may have video driver problem. Right Click on your desktop and choose properties. Choose the Settings tab. Just below the pix of the monitor will be Display then it will describe what your settings are like Proview 17 on Voodoo agp etc depending on what you have installed.
If this line says nothing close to what you have installed, then choose the Advanced button and then the adapter tab. If this fails to describe the card you have, then choose change. Do the same for your monitor. You will likely need to reboot upon completing changes.
If you know the printer is ok, the connection is ok and the driver is ok ... you may have to delete it and reinstall it.
[sig]<p>Conrad W. Paul<br><a href=mailto:cwpaul@syd.eastlink.ca>cwpaul@syd.eastlink.ca</a><br>Creative Solutions to Challenging Problems[/sig]
If color settings will not change, then you may have video driver problem. Right Click on your desktop and choose properties. Choose the Settings tab. Just below the pix of the monitor will be Display then it will describe what your settings are like Proview 17 on Voodoo agp etc depending on what you have installed.
If this line says nothing close to what you have installed, then choose the Advanced button and then the adapter tab. If this fails to describe the card you have, then choose change. Do the same for your monitor. You will likely need to reboot upon completing changes.
If you know the printer is ok, the connection is ok and the driver is ok ... you may have to delete it and reinstall it.
[sig]<p>Conrad W. Paul<br><a href=mailto:cwpaul@syd.eastlink.ca>cwpaul@syd.eastlink.ca</a><br>Creative Solutions to Challenging Problems[/sig]
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