Hello bluedemon https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
When asked for the password just hit Enter and see if it works.
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Hello bluedemon https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
When asked for the password just hit Enter and see if it works.
The password it is asking for is whatever one was set when Windows was first installed, if any.
Hi, seen this on clients machines before, stuck in safe mode with the black screen and safe mode motifs at the four corners, at this stage hit ctrl+alt+del, and task manager will open select new task and type MSCONFIG press enter go to "boot ini" and uncheck "safeboot" restart to launch windows normally.
This thread celebrates its second anniversary tomorrow, and it's still not solved?:)
"This thread celebrates its second anniversary tomorrow, and it's still not solved?"
I'd like to say it's been solved ! I just found this post today & YES, it was very helpful. We were stuck in safe mode & choosing "normal boot" still did not get us out.
After following the above advice, we went right back to normal boot & everything is good. You saved a lot of grief & headache. THANK YOU ! !Quote:
Originally Posted by jenae
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Hello dvotedsatelite https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
Thanks for posting to tell us :)
Elaine
Thanks to these posts (i.e., by saslab) I'm using bootcfg /rebuild to address a similar issue with my XP setup. However, I mistyped a few things and now I have 3 entries in my bootcfg. I know how to "add" an entry to bootcfg, but is there a way to delete one of the boot options or clear the list entirely? I see the list of options under bootcfg including /default, /add, etc,... but nothing to clear or delete from the list. Any suggestions?
PS: this may very well be a 2-year old discussion, but I'm glad it is still active!
Hi, go to Control Panel | Folder Options; under the View tab, check show hidden files and folders and uncheck hide protected operating system files.
Next, go to your C: drive and open BOOT.INI; copy-&-paste it into your next post - OR - just below the QuickReply text window where you type a post to this thread, click the Manage Attachments button and upload that file as an attachment. We'll go from there.
Copy-&-paste is preferred.
BTW, welcome to VirtualDr!https://discussions.virtualdr.com/im.../2009/05/1.gif
At the time I didn't have access to the Control Panel (i.e., could not get into Windows even w/SafeMode) so my question was more how to delete or clear the boot.ini file from within the windows bootcfg utility. Apparently (it seems) it's not possible to do so, but in any case it didn't really matter... I followed saslab's suggestion to create a boot option that pointed to the correct location for \WINDOWS, and then found it easier to not specify any OS load options (e.g., fastdetect) so that it would let me pick from the list. Alternatively, i found bootcfg /default to be handy too (i.e., in case I wasn’t present during the bootup sequence). Of course you can also type "bootcfg ?" at the prompt (w/o the quotes) to list all the bootcfg options.
Anyway, I just wanted to thank the VirtualDr discussion for being here! After our 2nd computer was basically dead for several weeks, I was on the verge of throwing in the towel and our computer out the window. I figured there must be a way to solve the issue and searched the web extensively (using our laptop) until I stumbled across an archive version of this thread. You guys (particularly saslab) saved me some big $$$ not having to buy a new computer. Hopefully we should be good for at least another year or so!...
Cheers, bbstuff
What do I do if I am stuck in SafeMode and I have no XP cd. Since I have a dell, it never came with a XP cd. What I was doing was, a repair on Windows XP from my winnt32.exe file, located in my I386 folder, while I was in safemode. XP setup had to restart and Now I am stuck in a loop because it always boots back into safemode and xp setup cannot operate in safemode. Help Please!!
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Boot up with a Win98 Startup floppy with CDROM support, then navigate to the i386 folder on the CD (at the A:> prompt type the letter of the cdrom drive, then "CD i386" without the quotes) Then at the X:\i386> prompt (where X: is the letter of the cdrom drive) type "Winnt.exe" - not Winnt32.exe. That will run the normal Windows Setup.
You can get a startup floppy here:
Bootdisks
Hello i seem to also have this problem altough the CTRL + ALT + Delete thing didnt work for me.
I cant seem to get on the recovery console either because i dont know the password. And I tried Blank I tried my old password before I reformatted my comp and nothing works.
anyone?
Thanks a bunch!!!!!..
To "saslab" for posting and "virtual dr" for hosting.
I was threading the thought of having to do a clean-install.
It wasn't much about losing my data. It was more of
re-setting each of my many programs one by one that
scared me.
Well,.."bootcfg /rebuild" in recovery console did the trick.
Thanks Saslab/Virtual Dr!
Hello marblehead https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
Glad we were able to help you :)
Did you find us with Google?
Elaine
I googled the issue and came up with this thread. I registered just to say thanks:)
As it goes the larger problem I was trying to fix still isn't resolved but at least I could find that out!