Windows XP has a "Safe Mode" feature that works by forcing Windows to load the basic device drivers while ignoring any programs that are supposed to open on startup by default. While this gives you ...

Windows 7's Safe Mode helps you troubleshoot problems by rebooting the system with minimal drivers, services and programs running. If a startup program or recently installed driver is causing problems ...

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I've installed XP service packs probably between 20 and 40 times in Safe Mode over the years and *never* had a problem -- I usually do it as a workaround if for some odd reason a service pack won't ...

Many Windows users occasionally encounter issues with their computers, such as misbehaving apps, strange glitches, or even more severe problems that prevent the system from starting correctly. In such ...

My buddy gave me his wife's Dell Studio 1737 to fix, tried to let it boot normally, got a BSOD with an error msg. Ok, driver issue. I googled and found out this ...