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Deal Addict
Apr 2, 2007
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Niagara area

XP safe mode

Anyone have any tricks to get into safe mode.

Have tried every combination of timing for f8 key and it doesn't happen.

tried letting it complete boot and then unplugging as a bad shutdown can prompt safe mode.
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Deal Addict
Apr 2, 2007
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Niagara area
Finally got in by shutting down the computer as it was loading but before it was finished, its as if my keyboard wouldn't send the f8 key soon enough.
Deal Addict
Feb 29, 2012
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Richmond
The trick is to keep pressing F8 once per second from the time the computer first beeps.
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Apr 4, 2009
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North York
GTT1 wrote: Finally got in by shutting down the computer as it was loading but before it was finished, its as if my keyboard wouldn't send the f8 key soon enough.

Does OP have some sort of wireless keyboard? I have such a problem with a Microsoft Media Centre keyboard. The one that uses the IR sesnor.

Have to get a wired keyboard whenever the system messes up (ie. get into BIOS, safe mode)

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