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    Boot Windows Vista in Safe Mode without pressing F8

    There's an option in the well-known System Configuration utility that will let you force Windows Vista to always boot into Safe mode… until you turn the option off. Here is the setting to be done,

    Boot into Safe Mode automatically in Windows Vista
    1. Go to Start -> Run -> type msconfig -> OK




    2. Select the Boot tab, and then check the box for Safe boot and make sure the radio button below is set to Minimal.




    3. Once you hit the OK button you'll be asked if you want to Restart now or wait until later. Either way, the next boot will take you into safe mode.




    4. Once you restart, you'll realize that you are in Safe Mode because it not only places that text in the four corners of the screen, but it even opens up the safe mode page from the help file in Vista.



    This method especially helps if you need to repeatedly boot into Safe mode.

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    Turn Off automatic Safe Mode booting in Windows Vista

    Turn Off automatic Safe Mode booting in Windows Vista

    Once you are done fixing whatever you were working on, you'll probably want to turn safe mode off and go back to normal mode. Just open up msconfig the same way as above, and then on the Boot tab uncheck the Safe boot checkbox.


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    Re: Boot Windows Vista in Safe Mode without pressing F8

    Thats a nice tip. But I want to know how to carry out this in Windows XP? I need to boot Windows XP in safe mode repeatedly. Can you provide the procedure for XP as well?

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    Re: Boot Windows Vista in Safe Mode without pressing F8

    In Windows XP Click on "Start"
    Click "Run"
    Type in "msonfig"
    Select tab "boot.ini"
    Select bootoption "/safeboot"

    Thats it!!

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