【 Weak current College 】 comprehensive understanding of safe mode

Whether you are a computer novice or veteran, as long as you use Windows, you will often hear a word: safe mode. Beginners tend to understand this concept and often ambiguous, what is safe mode? does the usual system are "safe mode"? safe mode do?

What is the security mode

We all know that for now the Windows operating system, the stability of the system itself is not a problem, but a lot of drivers and application is the compromise the system stability and reliability. Possible system would work very fine, but one day upgrade a Bug in the video driver, or install a new version of the antivirus software after the system fails to start. In order to address these affect Windows correctly, but not Windows own problem, Microsoft has prepared for us.

Through the "safe mode" by logging on to the system, see the desktop and is usually seen in very different, when Windows is running in safe mode, the system will only load to start the system with the most basic services and drivers, so the operating system will use the least amount of drivers and services running, and uses a generic video driver, work at a resolution of 640 × 480, while only support keyboard, mouse, monitor, local hard disk, and open the default system services. In safe mode, Windows does not load the audio equipment and other non-necessary peripheral drivers, and Windows will ignore all with system startup program to run automatically.

Tip: the universal video in WindowsXP drivers will be in safe mode to display 24-bit color depth and 640 x 480 resolution, but these settings are not modified.

How to enter safe mode

The startup process by pressing the F8 key is the most traditional and most frequently used method: when we turn on the computer power, hardware, and immediately after completing the post pressing the F8 key on the keyboard. Here are many advanced boot options. In this security mode is divided into several types, under normal circumstances we chooseto enter a normal and safe mode. In addition to the most commonly used method, the computer starts, press and hold down the CTRL key, you can take the "safe mode" and boot the system.

In addition, when you are in the normal mode of Windows, click the "start/run", type "msconfig", and then in the open window, select the "General" tab, and then check the "load only the thesis started-basic device drivers and services", then click the "apply/OK" and restart, the system will automatically enter the "safe mode".

Use safe mode to solve practical problems

Now you may probably know the meaning of the safe mode, but how to use it? here Let's use examples to show you!

1, repair system failure

Sometimes, Windows runs up less stable or fails to start, then you can try using the "safe mode" to solve the problem. Try to restart your computer and switch to the "safe mode" starts, successfully to "safe mode" when starting the system, then press to start the computer in normal mode, so that the system in "safe mode" automatic repair may be wrong registry and some system files, some less-severe system error is fixed.

2. solve the driver or software to crash

This problem may be a lot of people will encounter, in which case the only solution is to uninstall the driver, restore an old version of the driver, the problem is that Windows will not start, and how to uninstall and recovery? if you install the driver is used in some non-essential device (such as network cards, video cards, sound cards, etc), then you can try to restore in safe mode.

As already said, in safe mode, the system will load only the most basic driver, so long as the system is also able to enter safe mode, we can uninstall the driver, or Windows users can use the "return" function returns the driver on the correct driver at a time.

3. correct the display resolution

If we display properties are set in the resolution of the monitor is not accepted, for example to the 17-inch CRT monitors to set the resolution of 1600 × 1200, because there is no way to just check shows that we are unable to set the resolution to the normal settings. Does Windows have a protective mechanism, when you set up too high while the monitor cannot display resolution, as long as you wait 30 seconds and it will automatically revert to the previous resolution, but sometimes due to various reasons, this feature may not be able to take effect.

Now you can use safe mode because in safe mode, the system will display the 640 × 480 resolution of the desktop. Therefore we can rest assured the system to boot into safe mode in the display property set to the correct resolution, and restart the system to normal mode.

4, disk defragmentation

System for a long time, in the hard disk will appear very fragmented fragmentation much affect system performance, but also wastes valuable hard disk resources. Therefore, it is recommended that you regularly to defragment your hard disk, and the defragmentation process, it is best not to run other programs, and generally start Windows normally, the system will load some automatically start, but these are not easy to close again, often on the Defragmenter cause interference. In this case, we must restart the computer in safe mode, safe mode does not start any program to start automatically, you can ensure that disk defragmentation smoothly.

Through this article, the security mode, and its typical applications already have a basic understanding. However the security mode is still a lot of functions, like beginnersTo meet the specific computer problems can think "safe mode", maybe a lot of difference.