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• <Meia Gisborn>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:31PM
  char: Have you tried booting the laptop into Safe Mode and seeing if you can get all the way to the desktop?
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:32PM
  i recall some win32 stuff that popped up when i ran spybot
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:32PM
  and how do i do that ?
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:32PM
  press esc when I boot the laptop ?
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:32PM
  F2 ?
• <Meia Gisborn>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:33PM
  char: Press and hold F8 (I think... could be F2) while the laptop is booting. You should be taken to a text-only menu where you can select Safe Mode.
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:34PM
  if i get into safe mode, what do i do next ?
• <Meia Gisborn>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:35PM
  char: Highlight "Safe Mode" and hit Enter.
• <charlize>

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:36PM
  ok, go on, i am writing it all down first before I try my lappy
• * MyPillowTalks

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  • 08 Sep `08, 10:37PM
  cooos
• <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
• <Resentment>

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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 ? ...

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