Safe mode is a special mode in the Windows operating system where users can easily fix some of the system's errors in a safe mode, with a multiplier effect. Sometimes the machine is a problem can go into safe mode to kill virus, sometimes can be very effective to solve problems. How to enter
When you start your computer by pressing the F8 key (or holding down the CTRL key when you start your computer), you will see the operating system multi-mode boot menu, and you can start the computer into Safe mode by simply selecting "SafeMode".
1. Delete Stubborn documents
When we delete some files under Windows or purge the contents of the Recycle Bin, the system sometimes prompts the words "a certain file is in use, cannot be removed", but these files are not in use, and you can try restarting your computer and entering safe mode at startup. When you enter Safe mode, Windows automatically releases control of these files so that they can be removed.
2, "Safe Mode" restore
If your computer does not start properly, you can use Safe Mode or other startup options to start your computer, press the F8 key when the computer starts, select Safe Mode in the boot Mode menu, and then do the System Restore in the following ways:
Click "Start" → "All Programs" → "Accessories" → "System Tools" → "System Restore", open the System Restore Wizard, and then select the "Restore my Computer to an earlier time" option, click the "Next" button, click the date shown in bold text on the calendar to select the System Restore point, click "Next" button for System Restore.
3. Killing virus
Now virus day more than a day, anti-virus software is updated every day. However, in Windows antivirus we are somewhat uneasy, because they are very likely to cross infection. And some anti-virus programs can not run in DOS, at this time we can also boot system to safe mode, so that Windows only load the most basic driver, so that the virus to kill more thoroughly, cleaner.
4. Unlock Group Policy
In fact, Group Policy restrictions in Windows are implemented by loading registry-specific key values, and this restriction is not loaded in safe mode. After rebooting, hold down the F8 key and select "Safe Mode with Command Prompt" in the Open Multiple Boot menu window. After entering the desktop, at the start of the command prompt input "C:\Windows\System32\XXX.exe (you start the program)", start the console, and then the operation can be lifted, and finally restart the normal login system can unlock.
Note: Many of the Group Policy restrictions in Safe mode can not be effective, if you encounter the restrictions can not be lifted, you may wish to enter the next search for solutions.
5, repair system failure
If Windows is running unstable or does not start properly, then do not focus on the system, try to restart the computer and switch to Safe mode to boot, and then restart the computer, the system has returned to normal? This method works well if a system failure is caused by a problem with the registry Because Windows automatically fixes the registry problem when it starts in safe mode, and when you start Windows successfully in Safe mode, you can normally start under normal mode (normal).
6. Restore System Setup
If the user is installing new software or has changed some settings, causes the system not to start normally, also needs to enter the safe mode to solve, if is installs the new software to cause, please uninstall the software in the Safe mode, if is changes some settings, for example displays the resolution setting to exceed the display scope, causes the black screen, Then enter safe mode can be changed back, and the screen saver with a password on the "Boot" menu, forget the password, resulting in the operation of the computer does not work, you can enter the Safe mode changes.
7. Find out a malicious self-starter program or service
If the computer appears some of the wrong, such as not on the net, according to the conventional thinking and no problem, you can start to the Safe mode with network connection to see, if here can, it is some from the start of the program or services affect the normal network connection.
8, the detection of incompatible hardware
XP because of the use of digital signature driver mode, the detection of a variety of hardware is also stricter than before, so some devices may not be in the normal state of drive to use. If you find that XP does not recognize the hardware in normal mode, you can press F8 at startup and then enter Safe mode to detect new hardware in Safe mode.
9, uninstall the incorrect driver
The general driver, if not applicable to your hardware, can be uninstalled via XP driver. However, the graphics card and hard drive IDE driver, if installed incorrectly, it is possible to enter the GUI interface on the crash; some motherboard ULTRADMA patches are the same, because Windows is ready to read memory and disk paging files to adjust the state of the computer, so hard drive a problem immediately the system crashes. What do we do now?
In some cases, disabling the administrator account can cause maintenance difficulties. For example, in a domain environment, when the secure channel used to establish a connection fails for some reason, if there are no other local administrator accounts, you must restart the computer in Safe mode to fix the problem that caused the connection state to be interrupted.
If you attempt to re-enable an administrator account that is disabled, but the current administrator password does not meet the password requirements, you cannot re-enable the account. In this case, the optional members of the Administrators group must set the password for the administrator account through the Local Users and Groups user interface.