Safe Mode

Would appreciate to know how to start WIN 98 in SAFE
MODE. Tks in advance.

domino wrote in message ...

Would appreciate to know how to start WIN 98 in SAFE
MODE. Tks in advance.

As explained in Windows Help:
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Click Start, and then click Shut down.

Click Restart, click OK, and then press and hold the CTRL key
until the Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu appears.

For some machines, you can use F8 instead of CTRL
to bring up the Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu.

Enter the number for Safe mode, and then press ENTER.

(1) Hold F5 as you boot to go directly to Safe Mode.
(2) Hold CTRL as you boot for the Startup Menu.
(3) Turn on the Startup Menu, ay "START button, Run, MSConfig, Advanced
button".
(4) This is about all I could find relevant at
http://search.support.microsoft.com/...SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB
Search "Safe Mode"; Windows 98; Exact Phrase; Title Only.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...02&Product=w98
How to Start a Windows 98-Based Computer in Safe Mode
(180902) - This article describes how to start a Windows 98-based
computer in Safe mode.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...41&Product=w98
Universal Serial Bus Devices Do Not Work in Safe Mode
(195241) - After you attempt to start your computer in safe mode by
holding down the CTRL key, or by using the System Configuration utility
to enable the Startup menu, your computer may not respond to any
keyboard commands, or you may receive the following error...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...49&Product=w98
Unable to Start Windows 98 in Safe Mode with Network Support
(196249) - When you start Windows 98 by using the "/d:n" switch, for
example, by typing "win /d:n" (without quotation marks), Windows 98 may
appear to start in safe mode with network support, but you may not have
network support or connectivity. Note that you...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...28&Product=w98
No "Safe Mode with Network Support" Command in Windows 98
(179128) - When you start your computer and view the Windows 98 Startup
menu, the "Safe mode with network support" command may be missing.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...60&Product=w98
No Windows 98 Safe Mode Option in a Dual Install with Windows 2000
(262960) - When you use a dual-boot system that includes Windows 2000
and Microsoft Windows 98 or Windows 98 Second Edition (SE), there is no
option for accessing Windows 98 Safe mode. When you press F8, Windows
2000 Safe mode is your only option.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"domino" wrote in message
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|
| Would appreciate to know how to start WIN 98 in SAFE
| MODE. Tks in advance.

-----Original Message-----
(1) Hold F5 as you boot to go directly to Safe Mode.
(2) Hold CTRL as you boot for the Startup Menu.
(3) Turn on the Startup Menu, ay "START button, Run,
MSConfig, Advanced
button".
(4) This is about all I could find relevant at
http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?
fr=0&SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB
Search "Safe Mode"; Windows 98; Exact Phrase; Title Only.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;180902&Product=w98
How to Start a Windows 98-Based Computer in Safe Mode
(180902) - This article describes how to start a Windows
98-based
computer in Safe mode.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;195241&Product=w98
Universal Serial Bus Devices Do Not Work in Safe Mode
(195241) - After you attempt to start your computer in
safe mode by
holding down the CTRL key, or by using the System
Configuration utility
to enable the Startup menu, your computer may not respond
to any
keyboard commands, or you may receive the following
error...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;196249&Product=w98
Unable to Start Windows 98 in Safe Mode with Network
Support
(196249) - When you start Windows 98 by using the "/d:n"
switch, for
example, by typing "win /d:n" (without quotation marks),
Windows 98 may
appear to start in safe mode with network support, but
you may not have
network support or connectivity. Note that you...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;179128&Product=w98
No "Safe Mode with Network Support" Command in Windows 98
(179128) - When you start your computer and view the
Windows 98 Startup
menu, the "Safe mode with network support" command may be
missing.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;262960&Product=w98
No Windows 98 Safe Mode Option in a Dual Install with
Windows 2000
(262960) - When you use a dual-boot system that includes
Windows 2000
and Microsoft Windows 98 or Windows 98 Second Edition
(SE), there is no
option for accessing Windows 98 Safe mode. When you press
F8, Windows
2000 Safe mode is your only option.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"domino" wrote in
message
...
|
| Would appreciate to know how to start WIN 98 in SAFE
| MODE. Tks in advance.


Thanks for your quick response and started ok. Why I asked
the question is for the following: whenever I lauch my
I.E. brower, instead of getting the usual page such as:
http://sympatico.msn.ca/ I get any one of the following
two: "about:blank" or "searchportal" . I supose its
some kind of spyware and or Trojan or virus. I tried to
delete both of these pests and ran "ad-aware 6" from
Lavasoft, did a Scandisk and Defrag but they come back!
BTW when I ran ad-aware I got several object recognized; I
sent them into the Quarantine...wonder I they should be
deleted, I'm a bit scared, since most of them refer to
being registry related. Any help would be appreciated.
Tks.
.

domino wrote in message ...


Thanks for your quick response and started ok. Why I asked
the question is for the following: whenever I lauch my
I.E. brower, instead of getting the usual page such as:
http://sympatico.msn.ca/ I get any one of the following
two: "about:blank" or "searchportal" . I supose its
some kind of spyware and or Trojan or virus. I tried to
delete both of these pests and ran "ad-aware 6" from
Lavasoft, did a Scandisk and Defrag but they come back!
BTW when I ran ad-aware I got several object recognized; I
sent them into the Quarantine...wonder I they should be
deleted, I'm a bit scared, since most of them refer to
being registry related. Any help would be appreciated.
Tks.

As you suspect, you have been hijacked.

http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index....howt opic=227

Candlin got the main question. As for AdAware, I'm afraid I've never
used it. However, most have said it safer to use than SpyBot. Unless
they are obviously Microsoft stuff, such as the thing Windows Media
Player does, I say to eventually delete them.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"domino" wrote in message
...
|
| -----Original Message-----
| (1) Hold F5 as you boot to go directly to Safe Mode.
| (2) Hold CTRL as you boot for the Startup Menu.
| (3) Turn on the Startup Menu, ay "START button, Run,
| MSConfig, Advanced
| button".
| (4) This is about all I could find relevant at
| http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?
| fr=0&SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB
| Search "Safe Mode"; Windows 98; Exact Phrase; Title Only.
|
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
| us;180902&Product=w98
| How to Start a Windows 98-Based Computer in Safe Mode
| (180902) - This article describes how to start a Windows
| 98-based
| computer in Safe mode.
|
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
| us;195241&Product=w98
| Universal Serial Bus Devices Do Not Work in Safe Mode
| (195241) - After you attempt to start your computer in
| safe mode by
| holding down the CTRL key, or by using the System
| Configuration utility
| to enable the Startup menu, your computer may not respond
| to any
| keyboard commands, or you may receive the following
| error...
|
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
| us;196249&Product=w98
| Unable to Start Windows 98 in Safe Mode with Network
| Support
| (196249) - When you start Windows 98 by using the "/d:n"
| switch, for
| example, by typing "win /d:n" (without quotation marks),
| Windows 98 may
| appear to start in safe mode with network support, but
| you may not have
| network support or connectivity. Note that you...
|
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
| us;179128&Product=w98
| No "Safe Mode with Network Support" Command in Windows 98
| (179128) - When you start your computer and view the
| Windows 98 Startup
| menu, the "Safe mode with network support" command may be
| missing.
|
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
| us;262960&Product=w98
| No Windows 98 Safe Mode Option in a Dual Install with
| Windows 2000
| (262960) - When you use a dual-boot system that includes
| Windows 2000
| and Microsoft Windows 98 or Windows 98 Second Edition
| (SE), there is no
| option for accessing Windows 98 Safe mode. When you press
| F8, Windows
| 2000 Safe mode is your only option.
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "domino" wrote in
| message
| ...
| |
| | Would appreciate to know how to start WIN 98 in SAFE
| | MODE. Tks in advance.
|
|
| Thanks for your quick response and started ok. Why I asked
| the question is for the following: whenever I lauch my
| I.E. brower, instead of getting the usual page such as:
| http://sympatico.msn.ca/ I get any one of the following
| two: "about:blank" or "searchportal" . I supose its
| some kind of spyware and or Trojan or virus. I tried to
| delete both of these pests and ran "ad-aware 6" from
| Lavasoft, did a Scandisk and Defrag but they come back!
| BTW when I ran ad-aware I got several object recognized; I
| sent them into the Quarantine...wonder I they should be
| deleted, I'm a bit scared, since most of them refer to
| being registry related. Any help would be appreciated.
| Tks.
| .
|

Click on and hold the ctrl button as you are booting your
system, then click on safe mode
-----Original Message-----

Would appreciate to know how to start WIN 98 in SAFE
MODE. Tks in advance.
.