Solution:
You have several options for accessing Safe Mode. The most common method involves pressing the F5 key down as soon as you turn on the computer. Hold it there until you hear a beep, a startup menu (a list of the computer’s various startup options) appears on-screen, or Safe Mode loads. You can press the F5 key to access Safe Mode directly in all Windows versions. If you prefer to access the Safe Mode via a startup menu, you need to press a different key. Users of Windows 98 should press the CTRL key. Windows Me/2000/XP users should press F8.
The method varies slightly if you have more than one OS installed on your PC. In that case, wait for the OS Choices Menu to appear. Select which version of Windows you want to access by highlighting it and pressing ENTER. Then begin pressing the appropriate key (either F5, F8, or CTRL).
You could also end up seeing the startup menu without doing anything. If your computer has trouble starting in Normal mode, for instance, it may reboot to the startup menu automatically. When this happens, the Safe Mode startup option is usually highlighted as the default selection. This is Microsoft’s way of encouraging you to use Safe Mode to fix whatever startup problem you may have.
However you access it, one of the first things you see in Safe Mode will be a message indicating that Windows is running in Safe Mode. Click OK to hide the message.
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