Re: safe mode

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From: Rocket J. Squirrel (rocky_at_bullwinkle.com)
Date: 07/12/04 

Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:40:20 -0400

Restart your computer and start pressing the F8 key on your keyboard.

Rocky

"richard" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2c10601c46857$eccbd000$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> how do you run in safe mode? thank you
>
> richard

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