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Cannot get into safe mode after installing SP2
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I have installed XP SP2 on my pc but after installing, it seems I can't get into safe mode anymore. Does anyone encountered the same problem? Any idea how to fix this without reinstalling windows xp?
I had seen the problem you're referring to on another message board and they have a few different fixes for it. http://help.lockergnome.com/index.php?showtopic=24659 Hope it helps.
cannot get into safe mode in xp,ive tried key f8 on booting but get no result only the normal windows start up
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Originally Posted by frajon 
cannot get into safe mode in xp,ive tried key f8 on booting but get no result only the normal windows start up
could be a keyboard problem ,are you tapping the f8 key over and over as soon as the computer starts booting /
Last edited by caperjack; Apr 12th, 2008 at 8:42 pm.
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Originally Posted by caperjack
so did you also just install sp2,you say just the normal windows startup ,does that mean that you can boot into winxp and everything works ok.
could be a keyboard problem ,are you tapping the f8 key over and over as soon as the computer starts booting /
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Originally Posted by bobbyraw
did you see the age of this post.
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thanks for the reply,
no sp2 was already in,everything works ok,and at startup i tap f8 continuosly whilst booting but only to get xp up,I am thinking it could be the keyboard as some things on it dont work,although ive gone thro the disc to re-install a time or two.
thanks frank derby uk.
no sp2 was already in,everything works ok,and at startup i tap f8 continuosly whilst booting but only to get xp up,I am thinking it could be the keyboard as some things on it dont work,although ive gone thro the disc to re-install a time or two.
thanks frank derby uk.
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Originally Posted by frajon
thanks for the reply,
no sp2 was already in,everything works ok,.
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