Please help. I%26#039;ve tried changing the boot.ini in msconfig to restart in safemode. When I did this, I got the login screen and can%26#039;t login even when leaving the password blank as administrator or any other user (and when using the correct password too).
I%26#039;ve tried pressing F8 while the computer is restarting and select Normal mode to see if I could even get it back to how it used to be, but when I do that it still starts the computer in safe mode and gets me to the login screen.
What can I do?|||You will have to go back into msconfig and reset what settings you changed in there..|||in msconfig---check normal startup on the General Tab....
all should be checked in the System Tab and the win.ini tab, and nothing checked in the Boot.ini tab---all should be checked in the Services tab and most should be checked in the StartUp tab....
click ok, then restart
even in safe mode, all user passwords with Admininstrative privelges would still be in effect. in safe mode, Administrator doesn%26#039;t have a password by default. if you don%26#039;t enter the correct password, it won%26#039;t let you in....make sure ALL CAPS on your keyboard isn%26#039;t turned on.
if you can%26#039;t get any of those to work.
then as the computer is restarting, keep tapping F3 or F4 at the First blue %26amp; white screen you see or whatever brand computer you are using....mine is HP, so is the HP blue and white screen...either way just hit those F keys, it now pauses long enough to enter F Keys as needed. it will beep a few times as you tap in the F keys. then, you will get a black screen with Startup Options....use the Arrow keys to move the Highlighted area to the first start up , windows xp home edition, normal...well, anyway, it is the first option. then hit Enter....and it should start in Normal mode.|||just select normal startup in msconfig|||First off you should almost never have to mess around with the boot.ini file. (or at least back up a copy of it so you can replace it later if need be)
Windows has features like pressing F8 while booting up to get into safe mode and do what you got to do.
The fact that you have changed this file to run in safe mode, means you would have to change the file back to it%26#039;s original state in order to get the OS to run in normal mode.
System Restore while in safe mode may help as well.
If you are unable to get the OS to respond normally, I would back up your files and reinstall windows.
