Mike,
Normally to start in safe mode just keep hitting th f8 key
after your PC does its memory count, finds the hard disk
and just prior to windows commencing loading and a
menu will come up and then just select safemode,
or any other option you want for a specific purpose.
John H.


"burrism" <burrism.1wu91u@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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>
> Thanks Bert, that did the trick! I had to think about how to login in
> Safe Mode, but I figured it out (msconfig).
>
> -Mike
>
>
> Bert Kinney Wrote:
> > Take a look here Mike.
> >
> > How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
> > http://tinyurl.com/3aw7
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> > http://bertk.mvps.org
> > burrism wrote:-
> > I recently "organized" my second hard drive by creating
> > folders and moving files to the appropriate folders. Now
> > I can not access the files (.docs, .pdf, .xls). I
> > receive the following error message: user does not have
> > access privileges. My machine is a stand-alone single
> > user Dell XPS w/ XP SP2 and no network connections. I
> > can't change the properties on the files either, they
> > appear to be read-only.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Mike-
>
>
> --
> burrism