safe mode

I was trying to reset my computer which is running Windows 10 but about half way through the reset it said something like it failed to reset and then just turned off. When I turned it back on I tried to boot it from the "choose an operating system" boot menu as always, but once I chose Windows...

Hi guys, I have a friends vista pc that i suspect the hard drive has semi caped out on him, I can view it as an external on my mac, But when i go to create a disk image it takes 5 weeks, When i boot it up ''I've tried it in three different pc's'' It comes up with ''diskette 0 failed continue...

Where did Safe Mode go in Windows 10 1511 ? Hitting shift key doen't bringg up any options to restart pc, etc. Also there isn't a power icon on the login screen anymore.

November 2015 update I had an automatic Vista security update downloaded 11/12/15 . My PC now shuts down every time during startup process, with error message re BlueScreen. I have tried ( in SAFE mode ) going to control panel to uninstall the recent updates, but get a message that uninstall...

First off I want to let you know that I do not know much about computers. Today I turned my laptop on and it booted just fine. I went to move the mouse to select the start menu and the mouse will not move. I tied hitting the Windows key on my keyboard and it didn't do anything. I've tied...

I have been having an intermittent problem with my Win7 machine. I have several programs that automatically launch at startup, but sometimes it gets stuck partway through this process and leaves only some of the programs launch, with some of them apparently having hung, and never launches the...

I was reading a topic at another website where the poster had been doing ping tests. What has me curious is the fact that their pings in Safe Mode were faster that those run normally. Can someone here tell why this would be?

Hi I really wish that Microsoft would make an easy way to get into safe mode on a computer that won't boot. I've had to deal with several issues that I believe I could have fixed easily if I could just have selected "Boot into Safe Mode" or "Boot to last good Configuration". The truth is...

I installed the Windows 8 Enterprise Preview ( /trial I think,it said it's available for 30 days ) yesterday,and when i changed the resolution it started saying "Input not supported". Let it there for like 4-5 minutes,didn't fix it.Tried F8 , Shift+F8 and resetting my BIOS settings.Safe Mode...

Hi I've never had my computer tell me that my Microsoft password has expired. But this has happened to a friend of mine. What's this all about, I think there is a way to tell it not to have your password expire but I don't know how to get to it. I'm guessing that mine is set that way, I want...

Hi Today one of my friends called and we were trying to fix his computer throwing a critical error every time he boots up. Microsoft's solution it to boot into Safe Mode and then reboot back into normal mode again. So I told him over the phone how to boot into safe mode using msconfig...

Hello! I joined the forums due to a problem I am having with my son's PC - We upgraded to windows 10 and everything worked great - better than 7 - he was in heaven and his games played the best they ever did. THEN one morning it wouldn't boot anymore - just en endless PC repair loop where I...

Hi, I have a big problem getting my Alienware MX14 to work with Windows. A few days ago, Windows forced me to upgrade to 8.1 which I did and it was working fine… then shut down my computer that night and booted it up the next day and it would freeze at the login screen every time, no matter...

I just found a way to get the update for Flash Player Microsoft released yesterday to install. 1. Run Windows Update 2. Copy the error message Windows Update give's you.3. Open the start menu>All Programs>Contact Support 4. Type in your name , phone number and paste the error message from...

So yesterday i shut down my computer, and today when i started it up (about 2 hours ago) i can see the startup Motherboard message and all the BIOS stuff, but after that it is just a blank black screen, can't see the blue Windows logo, or that spinning circle indicating that it's loading. I...

I have just upgraded my PC from Windows 8 to Windows 10. My antivirus software needed to restart and boot in to Safe Mode. But, for years I have used the 4 digit pin login from Win 8,but I cannot remember the normal password. Safe Mode ony allows login via the normal password and not the pin...

I was running Windows7 on a Dell Inspiron Laptop. Was sent a link to upgrade to Windows 10. I clicked on this link and started to upgrade to Windows 10. Everything seemed to be working right. During the process there were message on screen saying stuff like it's just about done, it shouldn't be...

Hi guyz, I am in serious trouble....I installed window 10, 3 days back and after installing some graphic drivers it was just awesome.Today when I staarted my laptop, the window booted slowly and then when I signed up there was a black screen with a movable cursor. You know what's serious? I...

Hi i have run my compuer smooth for over a year and now i recieved BSOD code 19 on windows start up.Cant do anything Had to use safe mode to write this. I tried systme recovery ( dated few days before the event hapenned ) and stil having issues so i am asking for help. Atached w7f tool file.

I just recently started my computer for the first time in about two months and I got the blue screen of death I have two pictures attached it's a Dell computer running Windows ultimate. I have not installed any new software in a while I cannot start it up in safe mode I basically can't even get...