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Tweaking set safe mode resolution too high
SFSecurity:
Yes, that was one of several I tried to no avail. Even the one to set resolution to 640x480, while it brought up my login screen, after I logged in it reverted to the "safe mode" with the message and then the "out of range" comes up after going through the safe mode loading of files.
Boggin:
I've just had an email from Shane and he's going to look into this for you.
jpm:
Sorry for the delay - was out of town.
If you run msconfig and select the boot tab … then click "base video" it should boot correctly in safe mode.
SFSecurity:
I've tried so many things I'm not sure if I've seen that one. Is there a way to get to it prior to it going blank?
Boggin:
What exactly do you get when you tap F8 when you switch on ?
If you are able to select Safe Mode with Command Prompt then enter msconfig.exe where msconfig will come up.
Alternatively if you have a System Repair disk, tap F12 as you switch on, insert the disk and use the cursor keys to select CD/DVD and press enter.
Press any key when prompted to boot from CD/DVD and you will be presented with an inverse window with Windows Setup [EMS Enabled] highlighted - just press enter where the files will then load.
Navigate to the Recovery Environment and see if Startup Repair will do anything for you.
I've never had much faith in it but it's advocated to run that up to 3 times to see if it will resolve boot problems.
You can create a System Repair disk on any Win 7 machine providing it is for the same architecture of the target machine - i.e. 32 or 64 bit.
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