I have the same problem as Mike, and it is very frustrating. I can't get out
of Safe Mode. I have tried the msconfig route to access the System
Configuration screen to check the "Normal Startup" box. But the Boot Options
listing still automatically checks the "Safe Boot-minimal" box. If I uncheck
the Safe Boot-minimal box, then the Normal Startup box automatically gets
unchecked and the "Selective Startup" (Load system services and load startup
items) box gets checked. I have tried the system restore approach to bring
my system back to a date before this problem started, but that has not solved
the problem. I would appreciate any advice you might offer. But I am not
very knowledgeable about computers and would probably need a pretty basic
walk-through.

Hi,

Normal startup will only be allowed if all lines are checked on the startup
and services tabs. There is nothing wrong with using selective startup, it
just prevents unwanted items from loading during a normal boot. Try it, as
if it still fails then you have something enabled that needs to be disabled.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Chuckie07" wrote in message
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I have the same problem as Mike, and it is very frustrating. I can't get
out
of Safe Mode. I have tried the msconfig route to access the System
Configuration screen to check the "Normal Startup" box. But the Boot
Options
listing still automatically checks the "Safe Boot-minimal" box. If I
uncheck
the Safe Boot-minimal box, then the Normal Startup box automatically gets
unchecked and the "Selective Startup" (Load system services and load
startup
items) box gets checked. I have tried the system restore approach to
bring
my system back to a date before this problem started, but that has not
solved
the problem. I would appreciate any advice you might offer. But I am not
very knowledgeable about computers and would probably need a pretty basic
walk-through.