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• <Meia Gisborn>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:37PM
  char: Assuming you can boot to the desktop in Safe Mode, your screen will be in VGA mode (640 x 480 - everything will look big). After that...
• <Meia Gisborn>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:39PM
  char: ... go into "System Restore" to retrieve the Windows settings from a previous time when you were able to successfully boot up Windows.
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:39PM
  yes?
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:40PM
  that could be like 4 years ago?
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:40PM
  there is that system restore function i know
• <Meia Gisborn>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:40PM
  char: This is not guaranteed to work, but it's a first step in the troubleshooting process.
• <Meia Gisborn>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:41PM
  char: Forgot to ask: are you using XP or Vista?
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:41PM
  XP
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:41PM
  who uses vistathese days?
• <Meia Gisborn>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:42PM
  Did you previously disable System Restore? If not, you can probably pull up the settings from a recent session.
• <Meia Gisborn>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:43PM
  Yeah, I know. Vista sucks big time.
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:44PM
  the safe mode, is it in the bios section?
• <Meia Gisborn>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:46PM
  char: No, it's not a BIOS function. It's a Windows "recovery" function, which sometimes actually works.
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:47PM
  i tried esc, i tried F2, but I can't find anything that shows me the safe mode function
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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:48PM
  
• <TehJarVu>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:50PM
  ok char confirmed ish not ditzy
• <Meia Gisborn>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:50PM
  char: I just checked--you need to press and hold the F8 key while the laptop is booting. Not the F2 key.
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:50PM
  tell you all how mnay times already
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:51PM
  ok, will try the F8 button
• <Fatum>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:51PM
  how you know char is not ditzy ? ...
• <TehJarVu>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:52PM
  when u were booting, quickly press your F8 or F2 or whatever... dun let the lappie boot fully... must intercept halfway while it is booting then it will prompt you to choose safe mode
• <TehJarVu>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:53PM
  ditzy of course know how to go to safe mode
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:54PM
  bugger, doesn't work, holding the F8 button gves off a beeping sound :lolL
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:54PM
  pressing it quick also doesn't work
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:54PM
  it continues booting
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:54PM
  maybe it's F2
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:54PM
  but F2 brings me to the bios page
• <Meia Gisborn>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:56PM
  char: Okay, try just hitting the F8 key once when the laptop is booting.
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:56PM
  but I can't find anywhere which says safe mode
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:56PM
  MG : did that, it just continues booting

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