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My computer only starts Windows XP in safe mode?

I have tried Virus scan, no virus detected. I tried all the "help" from the help section. I rebooted, disconnected all devices, turned it off at the power source. When I start in safe mode, my husbands profile and Administrator are available, however mine is not. We normally use mine for everything. We upgraded our memory from 128 to two sticks of 512 each about a month or so ago. The computer has been running fine since. My husband was on the internet last night when I went to bed and is at work now, so I don't know what may have happened. When I tried to boot up this morning, Windows XP acts like it's starting then takes me to a page that gives me options of starting in Normal mode, safe mode, etc. The only ones that work are the safe mode options. How does this affect my PC and what I can do?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    turn off your computer, wait for 10 seconds, turn on the computer,

    you will see a black screen that is asking you how you want to enter on the computer,

    Safe Mode

    Safe Mode with networking

    safe mode with command prompt

    Enable boot..

    ......

    ......

    ......

    Choose (Start Windows Normally) using up and down arrows,

    and press enter.

    after that press enter again on Windows (default).

    Just wait till the computer start.

  • bason
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    you can open it in safe mode

    once it opens to the desktop (you may notice that the desktop items may appear bigger)

    right click on the background then click on Properties (a window will pop up called Display Properties)

    - click on the Settings tab

    - slide Screen resolution over to the size of your monitor - click apply

    - adjust Color quality (you may have to reset this again once you've rebooted/restarted) - click apply

    - click OK

    it should ask if you want to restart your computer now - click yes

    if it doesn't ask - you should restart your computer

    once restarted - if the desktop icons are not what they use to be

    go back in to the display properties and play around with the settings described above

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