From the course: Windows 11 for IT Support: Troubleshooting Basics (2022)

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Booting into Safe Mode

Booting into Safe Mode - Windows Tutorial

From the course: Windows 11 for IT Support: Troubleshooting Basics (2022)

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Booting into Safe Mode

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- [Instructor] One of the most basic forms of troubleshooting that has been around for pretty much almost as long as Windows has been around is the idea of booting Windows into something called Safe Mode. Now, Safe Mode is something where Windows is boot into a very basic state using very limited files and drivers. This accomplishes a couple things. First of all, if you're having a problem and you put it into Safe Mode and the problem goes away, well, then you know that it's something with your configuration or more likely even it would be one of your drivers is causing the problem. But the second thing it does is it gives you an opportunity to get in and potentially remedy the issue since sometimes you can't remedy it without running in that Safe Mode. You know, without Safe Mode, you may be in just a very locked up state and you don't have any functionality. Now, in Windows 11, there are a number of different ways we…

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