2011

Tips & tricks - Problems & solutions 81
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In Windows XP/Vista you can enter safe mode by following these steps:
1. Restart computer
2. To enter the expanded Windows start menu, press the F8 key several times
before the Windows logo appears.
If you have several operating systems installed on your computers, press F8
when the selection menu for operating system appears.
3. In the expanded Windows start menu, select the "Safe mode" option.
In the selection menu, you may also select the following start options:
• Safe mode: Windows starts in safe mode with the Windows GUI screen.
• Safe mode with network drivers: Windows starts in safe mode with the
Windows GUI screen and loads the most important services and drivers for
working on the network.
• Safe mode with command prompt: Windows starts in safe mode in DOS
mode (command prompt) without a Windows screen and network drivers.
Problems during boot-up?
PC beeps when switched on, but doesn't boot.
Possible cause: The sounds are generated by the main board BIOS and signal
a deficient or broken hardware configuration. The number and length of the
tones indicate the precise error code. Unfortunately, different manufacturers
use different codes.
Possible solution: Please look in your main board's manual for the precise
meaning of the tone succession and follow their advice.
Windows starts with a blue screen: IRQ not less or equal or similar.
Possible cause: An IRQ assignment is apparently false, and for this reason an
IRQ is probably doubly assigned.
• or
• an introduced card (graphics, sound, TV, network and so on) or a device on
the main board uses an IRQ that is already used.