How To Start Windows XP in Safe Mode and then Normal Mode using MSConfig

Introduction

* Before scanning with any program; Turn off the restore feature. most programs cannot scan the resore feature files and if you have malware, chances are the system has made a copy and is storing it in the Restore files.
* If the files are difficult to remove or are memory resident, you will have to boot into Safe Mode.

Steps

To start Windows XP in Safe Mode using MSConfig:

* Close all open programs.
* Click Start and Run.
* In the Run dialog box, type msconfig and then click OK.
* In the System Configuration Utility, on the BOOT.INI tab, check /SAFEBOOT.
* Click OK.
* When you are asked to restart the computer, click Restart.

To start Windows XP in Normal Mode using MSConfig:

* Finish what you need to do in Safe mode.
* In the section "To use the System Configuration Utility to start Windows XP" above, repeat steps 1-7, but in step 4, uncheck /SAFEBOOT.
* Close all programs, and restart the computer