Going into Safe mode

nXP SP.
I am registered in multiple antivirus, antispyware and antimalware forums.
In these forums they recommend that to go into safe mode that you reboot and
then start continuously tapping on the PF8 key.
I found that that doesn't always work.
Then I found that if you edit 'boot.ini' and reset the time-out value from 0
to 10, you can reboot and when it starts timing down from 10 you can hit PF8
once and get into safe mode.
My question is would this procedure work in other versions of Windows and
if so which versions.

If possible, I would like to recommend this simpler procedure in the forums
in which I am registered.

Other versions of Windows don't have or use a boot.ini file.

"riverdogs05" <rwplace@emcs.net> wrote in message
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> nXP SP.
> I am registered in multiple antivirus, antispyware and antimalware forums.
> In these forums they recommend that to go into safe mode that you reboot
> and then start continuously tapping on the PF8 key.
> I found that that doesn't always work.
> Then I found that if you edit 'boot.ini' and reset the time-out value from
> 0 to 10, you can reboot and when it starts timing down from 10 you can hit
> PF8 once and get into safe mode.
> My question is would this procedure work in other versions of Windows and
> if so which versions.
>
> If possible, I would like to recommend this simpler procedure in the
> forums in which I am registered.
>

All versions based on the NT kernel have the boot.ini file. NT 3.5, NT
4, 2000, XP, 2003

Jerry wrote:
> Other versions of Windows don't have or use a boot.ini file.
>
> "riverdogs05" <rwplace@emcs.net> wrote in message
> news:OALWg9YDGHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>
>>nXP SP.
>>I am registered in multiple antivirus, antispyware and antimalware forums.
>>In these forums they recommend that to go into safe mode that you reboot
>>and then start continuously tapping on the PF8 key.
>>I found that that doesn't always work.
>>Then I found that if you edit 'boot.ini' and reset the time-out value from
>>0 to 10, you can reboot and when it starts timing down from 10 you can hit
>>PF8 once and get into safe mode.
>>My question is would this procedure work in other versions of Windows and
>>if so which versions.
>>
>>If possible, I would like to recommend this simpler procedure in the
>>forums in which I am registered.
>>
>
>
>

Windows NT 3.1, 3.5, 3.51 and 4.0, Windows 2000 - NT 5.0, Windows XP - NT
5.1 and
Windows Server 2003 - NT 5.2 all have boot.ini files.

Windows 3.1 and 3.11 have no Safe Mode.

Windows 95 uses F5 or F8.
How Windows 95 Performs a Safe-Mode Start
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;122051

Windows 98 and ME use the Ctrl key or F8.
How to Start a Windows 98-Based Computer in Safe Mode
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;180902

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:AY6dnY0Ae-v1kiHenZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@prairiewave.com,
ken <ken@ken.ken> hunted and pecked:
> All versions based on the NT kernel have the boot.ini file. NT 3.5, NT
> 4, 2000, XP, 2003
>
> Jerry wrote:
>> Other versions of Windows don't have or use a boot.ini file.
>>
>> "riverdogs05" <rwplace@emcs.net> wrote in message
>> news:OALWg9YDGHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>
>>> nXP SP.
>>> I am registered in multiple antivirus, antispyware and antimalware
>>> forums. In these forums they recommend that to go into safe mode that
>>> you reboot and then start continuously tapping on the PF8 key.
>>> I found that that doesn't always work.
>>> Then I found that if you edit 'boot.ini' and reset the time-out value
>>> from 0 to 10, you can reboot and when it starts timing down from 10 you
>>> can hit PF8 once and get into safe mode.
>>> My question is would this procedure work in other versions of Windows
>>> and if so which versions.
>>>
>>> If possible, I would like to recommend this simpler procedure in the
>>> forums in which I am registered.