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Using Safe Mode to resolve Windows Server 2003 startup issues


Rahul Shah, Contributor
07.05.2006
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If you have problems starting a Windows server, the first thing to do is to figure out what has changed recently. If you or your other fellow administrators keep a change log, you should access the log to see what has recently changed on the server. Perhaps a new device driver, or even an application, was installed that incorrectly modified the system configuration.

You can often use Safe Mode to resolve server startup issues and troubleshoot system problems. In Safe Mode, Windows Server 2003 loads only basic files, services and drivers. Because Safe Mode loads a limited set of configuration information, it can help you troubleshoot problems. You start a system in Safe Mode by completing these steps:

  • If a problem doesn't reappear when you start in Safe Mode, you can eliminate

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    the default settings and basic device drivers as possible causes. If a newly added device or updated driver is causing problems, you can use Safe Mode to remove the device or roll back the update.

  • Make other changes as necessary to resolve startup problems. If you are still having a problem starting the system, you may need to uninstall recently installed applications or devices to try to correct the problem.

    • About the author: Rahul Shah currently works at a software firm in India, where he is a systems administrator maintaining Windows servers. He has also worked for various software firms in testing and analytics, and also has experience deploying client/server applications in different Windows configurations.

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