Safemode - Windows 8.1, 8


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Windows Startup Settings (including safe mode) - Microsoft Windows Help

Delivering fast boot times in Windows 8 - Building Windows 8 - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
 
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Microsoft changed things up quite a bit in terminology, and how to find things. Sometimes I wonder about the wisdom of so many changes of that magnitude.
 
The thing here to note is that you essentially don't get Safe Mode because of UEFI or "Secure boot", thus no traditional F8 key on boot to get to where you want to be. You have to disable UEFI boot in order for the original stuff to work.
 
jcgriff2 said:
PIA nonetheless.

I often boot into safemode to copy files out or do other tasks that run 10x faster in safemode v. normal Windows.
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Other way is to take a trip to the past and morph your computer's visual into Windows 2000 by disabling all the effects. :lol:

My resource heavy perl scripts run much faster when I do this too.
 
That is a far worse option for me, Ace!

I guess I got spoiled -- Vista being my 1st Windows OS. Prior to that, Windows was used solely to get me out to mainframe-land of tax & law DBs.
 
I'm a programmer, so personally I love the Windows 2000 look for some reason :lol:. If I was a pure graphics designer, things may be different for my preferences haha.
 
Function over form eh?

I love Aero and Windows 7! I love Mac OS X's beautiful GUI as well. I love KDE and Xfce for Linux as well. But I certainly love my CLI very much!
 
Anthony N said:
I'd never give up aero, EVER.
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Glad to know I am not alone!!!


LilBambi said:
Function over form eh?

I love Aero and Windows 7! I love Mac OS X's beautiful GUI as well. I love KDE and Xfce for Linux as well. But I certainly love my CLI very much!
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As long as "function" includes Aero Glass. :)
 
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