PC always logs on to Safe Mode

Hi Gurus,

Please kindly help me with my scenario, this is very urgent.

My PC is always going into Safe Mode after I restart. Since I don't have the
admin password, I cannot login to the PC. How to bypass this Safe Mode and
directly go to Normal mode.....

I think what has happened is I was logged on to the PC with the other
account and I had changed the msconfig utility, under BOOT.INI tab and
selected /SAFEMODE. Now I cannot login to Safe mode with that account and I
don't have admin account password....

Please let me know is there any way I can log back in Normal mode.

Thanks
dd

Galen
Fri Sep 19 20:07:13 PDT 2008

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

In news:73B388CD-23F5-4333-8DE7-8521E6B252F0@microsoft.com,
2'pac <2'pac@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:


> Hi Gurus,
>
> Please kindly help me with my scenario, this is very urgent.
>
> My PC is always going into Safe Mode after I restart. Since I don't have
> the
> admin password, I cannot login to the PC. How to bypass this Safe Mode and
> directly go to Normal mode.....
>
> I think what has happened is I was logged on to the PC with the other
> account and I had changed the msconfig utility, under BOOT.INI tab and
> selected /SAFEMODE. Now I cannot login to Safe mode with that account and
> I
> don't have admin account password....
>
> Please let me know is there any way I can log back in Normal mode.
>
> Thanks
> dd

Whip out your favorite distro on CD (for this I would just run with
Mandrake) and run the LiveCD at boot and manually edit the boot.ini file.

--
Galen

My Geek Site: http://kgiii.info
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"It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It
biases the judgment." - Sherlock Holmes

Jeffrey
Fri Sep 19 21:44:47 PDT 2008

Previously on microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support, 2'pac said:

> Please kindly help me with my scenario, this is very urgent.
>
> My PC is always going into Safe Mode after I restart. Since I don't have the
> admin password, I cannot login to the PC. How to bypass this Safe Mode and
> directly go to Normal mode.....
>
> I think what has happened is I was logged on to the PC with the other
> account and I had changed the msconfig utility, under BOOT.INI tab and
> selected /SAFEMODE. Now I cannot login to Safe mode with that account and I
> don't have admin account password....
>
> Please let me know is there any way I can log back in Normal mode.

IIRC, hitting the [F7] key (or is it [F9]?) at the right time during
the boot process will bring up a boot menu, allowing you to choose
between various boot options.

--
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have just cornered is confident and unafraid despite being outnumbered
and surrounded, you have encountered a Hero in disguise. Run while you
still can.

2pac
Sat Sep 20 06:26:12 PDT 2008

Hi Galen,

Thankyou ery much for the reply. Can you please let me know the steps in
detail. How to get the distro - Mandrake and how to modify the boot.ini file.
I am not sure what a distro is etc., Please kindly help...

Thanks
dd

"Galen" wrote:

> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.
>
> In news:73B388CD-23F5-4333-8DE7-8521E6B252F0@microsoft.com,
> 2'pac <2'pac@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>
>
> > Hi Gurus,
> >
> > Please kindly help me with my scenario, this is very urgent.
> >
> > My PC is always going into Safe Mode after I restart. Since I don't have
> > the
> > admin password, I cannot login to the PC. How to bypass this Safe Mode and
> > directly go to Normal mode.....
> >
> > I think what has happened is I was logged on to the PC with the other
> > account and I had changed the msconfig utility, under BOOT.INI tab and
> > selected /SAFEMODE. Now I cannot login to Safe mode with that account and
> > I
> > don't have admin account password....
> >
> > Please let me know is there any way I can log back in Normal mode.
> >
> > Thanks
> > dd
>
> Whip out your favorite distro on CD (for this I would just run with
> Mandrake) and run the LiveCD at boot and manually edit the boot.ini file.
>
> --
> Galen
>
> My Geek Site: http://kgiii.info
> Web Hosting: http://whathostingshould.be
>
> "It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It
> biases the judgment." - Sherlock Holmes
>
>
>

Galen
Sat Sep 20 17:12:57 PDT 2008

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

In news:1D749D01-2044-47ED-8CFD-60481CF351B2@microsoft.com,
2''pac <2pac@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:


> Hi Galen,
>
> Thankyou ery much for the reply. Can you please let me know the steps in
> detail. How to get the distro - Mandrake and how to modify the boot.ini
> file.
> I am not sure what a distro is etc., Please kindly help...
>
> Thanks
> dd

Try this first actually...

Problems with boot.ini:
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/advanced/bootini.html

I'm not sure why I didn't start there as that's the easiest and best and
usually does the trick. Sorry about that.

--
Galen

My Geek Site: http://kgiii.info
Web Hosting: http://whathostingshould.be

"It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It
biases the judgment." - Sherlock Holmes

2pac
Sat Sep 20 17:52:01 PDT 2008

Hi Galen,

Thanks again for trying to help me. But since I am not an advanced user, I
guess I am having a tough time following you. Please let me know if there is
an easier way of doing it....

Thanks
dd

"Galen" wrote:

> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.
>
> In news:1D749D01-2044-47ED-8CFD-60481CF351B2@microsoft.com,
> 2''pac <2pac@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>
>
> > Hi Galen,
> >
> > Thankyou ery much for the reply. Can you please let me know the steps in
> > detail. How to get the distro - Mandrake and how to modify the boot.ini
> > file.
> > I am not sure what a distro is etc., Please kindly help...
> >
> > Thanks
> > dd
>
> Try this first actually...
>
> Problems with boot.ini:
> http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/advanced/bootini.html
>
> I'm not sure why I didn't start there as that's the easiest and best and
> usually does the trick. Sorry about that.
>
> --
> Galen
>
> My Geek Site: http://kgiii.info
> Web Hosting: http://whathostingshould.be
>
> "It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It
> biases the judgment." - Sherlock Holmes
>
>
>

Galen
Sat Sep 20 19:42:34 PDT 2008

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

In news:954AAAE4-FD5A-4D44-B49F-614A72C5080E@microsoft.com,
2''pac <2pac@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:


> Hi Galen,
>
> Thanks again for trying to help me. But since I am not an advanced user, I
> guess I am having a tough time following you. Please let me know if there
> is
> an easier way of doing it....
>
> Thanks
> dd

That is the way, that is the easiest way. Get out your Windows XP CD. Put it
in the CD tray. Boot computer to CD. Select Recovery Console. You probably
want to run this command in there:

"fixboot C:"

If that doesn't work you can try:

"bootconfig /rebuild"

(Don't type the quotes of course.)

Though the last one might be "bootconfig /rebuild C:" - it has been ages
since I've needed to do that.

--
Galen

My Geek Site: http://kgiii.info
Web Hosting: http://whathostingshould.be

"It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It
biases the judgment." - Sherlock Holmes

The
Sat Sep 20 19:55:56 PDT 2008


"Jeffrey Kaplan" <nomail@gordol.org> wrote in message
news:8qv8d4lhp5vjo9iji32bf4o2gk7ek9hd6k@gordol.org...
> Previously on microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support, 2'pac said:
>
>> Please kindly help me with my scenario, this is very urgent.
>>
>> My PC is always going into Safe Mode after I restart. Since I don't have
>> the
>> admin password, I cannot login to the PC. How to bypass this Safe Mode
>> and
>> directly go to Normal mode.....
>>
>> I think what has happened is I was logged on to the PC with the other
>> account and I had changed the msconfig utility, under BOOT.INI tab and
>> selected /SAFEMODE. Now I cannot login to Safe mode with that account and
>> I
>> don't have admin account password....
>>
>> Please let me know is there any way I can log back in Normal mode.
>
> IIRC, hitting the [F7] key (or is it [F9]?) at the right time during
> the boot process will bring up a boot menu, allowing you to choose
> between various boot options.

It's actually F8.