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You should be able to boot into the administrators account in safe mode ( leave the password blank and press enter ) and change the startup mode
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You should be able to boot into the administrators account in safe mode ( leave the password blank and press enter ) and change the startup mode

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Unfortunately, that is not working.
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I was afraid of that. thanks.
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I have an IBM ThnkiPad running XP Professional (work laptop). &nbsp;In trying to remove a trojan virus duntek, I went into sysconfg and selected boot in safe mode. &nbsp;Found out that only adminstrators can boot in safe mode, I was unable to log on. &nbsp;Now, I can not get it to boot in normal mode. &nbsp;I've tried pressing F8 when restarting and select normal mode, but it continues to boot in safe mode. &nbsp;Is there anything else i can try?<br />
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thanks,<br />
dz
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I have an IBM ThnkiPad running XP Professional (work laptop).  In trying to remove a trojan virus duntek, I went into sysconfg and selected boot in safe mode.  Found out that only adminstrators can boot in safe mode, I was unable to log on.  Now, I can not get it to boot in normal mode.  I've tried pressing F8 when restarting and select normal mode, but it continues to boot in safe mode.  Is there anything else i can try?

thanks,
dz

Can't boot in normal mode XP

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.