start in safe mode

roxyd

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hi there can anybody tell me how to start my laptop in safe mode i am having a problem with the security it keeps telling me i dont have the authority to do anything although i am the administrator cant system resore cant add new hardwear just tells me i dont have authority

jephree

Repeatedly tap the F8 key after the BIOS POST or computer Logo screen but Before Windows starts to load.

What is your Operating System?

Is this a new problem? Were things working OK previously? Any new hardware and or software?

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roxyd

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hi there i operate on windows xp professional and i must have gone in to security and i cant get in to add hardware or even do a system restore it comes up i dont have authiority to do this and tells me to log off and on as administrator which i cant figure out i dont need this security is there any way i can remove it how do i log on as administrator to change the setting everyth ing was working fine untill i had a prioblem with the drivers for aol and was trying to reinstall them and coulnt do it thats when i must have done something

jephree

Is this a new problem? Were things working OK previously?

Can you boot into XP at all?

If so you can access your accounts via:

start/run control userpasswords2

Or you can try Safe Mode to do the same.

Remove all checks on require passwords etc.

If you do not have the permission to do this then you are not logged in as an Administrator.


To log on to Windows using the Administrator account:

1. Click Start, and then click Log Off.

2. Confirm that you want to log off in the Log Off Windows dialog box by clicking Log Off.

3. When the Log On to Windows screen appears, type the administrator user name for your PC (the default is “Administrator”) and the password you assigned to the administrator account when you set up your PC.
Note: If you do not see a place to enter this information, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE twice to display the Log On to Windows screen, and then log on as Administrator.

4. Click OK.

roxyd

D-A-L Newbie

hi thanks for your advice but if i go in safe mod i can go up and down to select but when ipress enter nothing happens also i tried logging off doing the ctrl/alt/del it asks for the password and the user name i am new to laptops so hope i dont sound silly how should i put that in for instance say my user name is angus and my password is spotage how do i put that in do i have to put in administrator then myuser name? if i just put in my user name and password it just come on as normal and cant get into programs

jephree

If angus is an Administrator Account then just put it in plus your password.

It appears that angus is not an Administrator Account.

So when you see Administrator just press Enter

If no one set an Administrator password then you will be logged into the default Administrator Account.

If pressing Enter does not let you in then someone has created an Administrator Password.

At this point you need to find that someone and hence the password or reinstall XP.