Always in safemode

[Guest Dick Johnson]

When selecting the check box for a normal bootup using MSCONFIG the system

always boots up in safemode. The only way to eliminate it is to deselect the

check box for safemode under the BOOT.INI tab. For some reason when selecting

the NORMAL boot from the General Tab the safemode check box is also selected.

[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: Always in safemode

 

"Dick Johnson" <Dick Johnson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:369E615B-682F-4D8A-B594-94B4D253C64F@microsoft.com...

> When selecting the check box for a normal bootup using MSCONFIG the system

> always boots up in safemode. The only way to eliminate it is to deselect the

> check box for safemode under the BOOT.INI tab. For some reason when selecting

> the NORMAL boot from the General Tab the safemode check box is also selected.

 

First off, don't confuse Normal Startup with booting into normal mode. They're

not the same thing.

 

The only way I could duplicate the scenario you outlined was to manually edit

the boot.ini file to so that the computer would boot into Safe mode. Msconfig

was still configured for Normal Startup. Editing boot.ini a second time to

remove the safeboot switch resulted in the computer booting in normal mode with

Normal Startup still selected in msconfig.

 

If you're determined to have Normal Startup in msconfig not leave you booting

into Safe mode, it looks like you're going to have to manually edit your

boot.ini file. Listed below is an article you might want to look at first,

paying close attention to the section about backing up your boot.ini file. If

you're in any way uncomfortable with doing this procedure my advice would be

that you learn to live with msconfig set to Selective Startup. Your computer

will not run any differently in that state.

 

How to edit the Boot.ini file in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;289022

 

Here's the procedure I used to remove the safeboot option.

 

With Normal Startup selected in msconfig, restart the computer and let it boot

into Safe mode.

In Safe Mode, log on with an administrative level account and open Control

Panel.

In Control Panel, double click on the System icon.

In System Properties, click on the Advanced tab.

On the Advanced page, click on the Settings button in the Startup and Recovery

section.

This should launch the Startup and Recovery dialog.

In the System startup section, click on the Edit button.

This should open up your boot.ini file in Notepad.

Under [operating systems], you should see a line that contains /safeboot:minimal

near or at the end.

Remove /safeboot:minimal from this entry.

Note: If you only have one operating system installed on your computer, your

boot.ini file should now be similar to the following.

 

[boot loader]

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition"

/NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT

 

Note: You may see Professional instead of Home Edition if that's the version of

XP installed on your computer.

 

Once you've finished editing your boot.ini file click on the File menu on the

toolbar at the top of the window and select Save. Click OK twice to close System

Properties and restart your computer. It should boot into normal mode and when

you run msconfig, Normal Startup should be selected.

 

Good luck

 

Nepatsfan

[Guest Plato]

Re: Always in safemode

 

=?Utf-8?B?RGljayBKb2huc29u?= wrote:

>

> When selecting the check box for a normal bootup using MSCONFIG the system

> always boots up in safemode. The only way to eliminate it is to deselect the

> check box for safemode under the BOOT.INI tab. For some reason when selecting

> the NORMAL boot from the General Tab the safemode check box is also selected.

 

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