Sjohnson wrote:

How do I boot to Safe mode?

Where I'm at on this thing is that the ony way I know to
shut it down is unplug it. When I restart it it goes
throught the motions and ends up on the desktop with the
Id53 message showing.

If you can use the computer then go to:

Start/Run/msconfig.exe/General(tab)/Advanced(button)
and put a checkmark in "Enable Startup Menu", Apply, Exit and reboot.

If you can't then you get to do it the hard way, which is...

Boot, the computer and in between the BIOS summary screen and when
Windows starts loading, you have to press either F8 or Ctrl, and if
you've timed it right a text-based menu will come up (the "Startup
Menu"). Most people just keep stabbing the keys right after the summary
screen, until the menu appears. Choose SafeMode.


Rick