Windows XP (Safe Mode) Cannot access USB Drive(Access Denied)
KB ID 0000368 Dtd 31/12/10 Problem A few weeks back I was working on a Windows XP machine that had been infected with some rogue AV spyware, I was having no luck installing my usual cleaning tools so I booted to safe mode, I have a USB thumb drive that I keep a set of up to date AV/Spyware tools on for this very purpose, but the machine did not want to let me open it. Solution 1. OK, I admit this is not really a...
How to Make Windows Installer Work In Safe Mode.
KB ID 0000177 Problem Quite why Microsoft have it disabled I don’t know. But to enable it you need to do the following. Solution Option 1 (If you are in “Safe Mode”). 1. Click Start > in the Search/Run box type cmd {enter} then type the following, REG ADD “HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSafeBootMinimal MSIServer”/VE/T REG_SZ /F/D”Service” {enter} 2. Then type in the following, net start...
Windows – Force into Safe Mode or”Cannot Boot into Safe Mode”
KB ID 0000521 Problem With modern PC’s, the boot time is a LOT less than it used to be. There was a time when you would have a few seconds to press F8 when a Windows machine started and it would boot to “safe mode”. Now even with the reflexes of a fighter pilot, you are hard pushed to press the key before it says “Starting Windows”. Solution 1. Boot Windows normally, and in the search/run box type...