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Home › Tips › Windows won`t boot, run or start in Safe mode – How to restore the SafeBoot keys

Windows won`t boot, run or start in Safe mode – How to restore the SafeBoot keys

Myantispyware team February 2, 2010     8 Comments    

If Windows won’t boot (start or run) in Safe mode, then you’ve probably got malware or the effects of malware on the computer. Some types of malware may disable Safe mode by removing the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot registry keys from Windows registry. Read below how to restore the SafeBoot keys.

How to restore the SafeBoot keys

Variant 1. Using SuperAntispyware.

Download SuperAntispyware from here and save it to desktop. Run and follow the prompts. Once installation process is finished, you will be shown SuperAntispyware Main menu as shown below.


SuperAntispyware Main menu

Click on Preferences button. Click on the Repairs tab and scroll down until you get to Repair broken SafeBoot key and select it as shown below.


SuperAntispyware – Repairs tab – Repair broken SafeBoot key

Click on Perform Repair and Yes to confirm it. SuperAntispyware will prompt you to reboot your PC. Click OK. Then your computer should boot in Safe Mode without any problems.

Variant 2. Using SafeBootKeyRepair.

Download SafeBootKeyRepair from here and save it to your desktop. Once finished, you will now see SafeBootKeyRepair icon on your desktop as shown below.


SafeBootKeyRepair icon

Double-click SafeBootKeyRepair.exe icon to run it and you will see the image below.


SafeBootKeyRepair

When the program is finished, it will open a log and display it in Notepad. Close it and try boot your PC in Safe mode.

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Author: Myantispyware team

Myantispyware is an information security website created in 2004. Our content is written in collaboration with Cyber Security specialists, IT experts, under the direction of Patrik Holder and Valeri Tchmych, founders of Myantispyware.com.

8 Comments

  1. Jamie
    ― April 28, 2010 - 1:06 pm  Reply

    How do i get this page up when my pc screen just goes blank before it even loads anything?? i can get to the safe mood etc but it still wont boot when i try it in safe etc, any way to get it to load?

  2. Patrik
    ― April 29, 2010 - 1:37 am  Reply

    Jamie, Safe mode works fine ?

  3. Jamie
    ― April 29, 2010 - 2:53 am  Reply

    No i can get into the options for safe mode but when i try boot in safe it doesnt work

  4. Patrik
    ― April 30, 2010 - 8:02 am  Reply

    Jamie, you have tried Last good configuration ?

  5. crichton55
    ― May 15, 2010 - 8:20 pm  Reply

    Okay……if my computer cannot boot, then how the hell am I gonna download something onto my desktop?

  6. Patrik
    ― May 16, 2010 - 4:32 am  Reply

    crichton55, the above instructions for a situation when you can`t boot your PC in Safe mode, but Normal mode is ok.
    Your PC won`t boot in Normal mode too ?

  7. Louie
    ― July 27, 2010 - 1:20 pm  Reply

    I downloaded Variant 2 but the icon did not appear on the desktop. I went into the Download folder and ran the program. The black box appeared for about 3 secs then an error message (“SafeBootKeyRepair.exe” has encountered a problem and needs to close.” Pls advise.

    Variant 1 website is down today.

  8. Patrik
    ― July 27, 2010 - 9:42 pm  Reply

    Louie, try the first variant.

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