Re: SAFE MODE without access to MSCONFIG?

Bob Brown wrote:
My motherbaord doesn't seem to have a damn key combo for going into
safe mode without first doing so in MSCONFIG before you reboot
[which is sooooo stupid]

I asked the wrong question before but....
I need to know the key to press to force [from cold boot] the
computer to load XP into safe mode.

F5-F8 only gives a menu choice of which device to boot to, no safe
mode options like previous motherboards I have used.

It's a ASUS A8S-X board.

thanks

[sorry for being a complete ASS earlier, got my junk messed up]

Safe Mode is not determined by your motherboard - unless (for whatever
reason) you do not have access to your keyboard before Windows XP loads?
Perhaps you have a PS2 machine and are using a USB keyboard or perhaps you
have a KVM between your computer and the keyboard...

Your motherboard has nothing to do with Windows XP Safe Mode beyond giving
you access to your keyboard. Beyond that - safe mode is a feature of the OS
being loaded from your hard disk drive.

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