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Hi there;<br />
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Could you check your bios regarding such setting and inform us?<br />
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Best regards.
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Hi there;

Could you check your bios regarding such setting and inform us?

Best regards.

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I hit F2 at startup and all the BIOS settings appear - all lool OK to me
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I hit F2 at startup and all the BIOS settings appear - all lool OK to me

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Have you got a generic keyboard and see if that gives the &quot;F8&quot; function
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Have you got a generic keyboard and see if that gives the "F8" function

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I know this question has been closed... <br />
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But I just hope your reason for going to safe mode is not due to an infected system because it is not a good idea to force safe mode when the system is infected.<br />

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I know this question has been closed...

But I just hope your reason for going to safe mode is not due to an infected system because it is not a good idea to force safe mode when the system is infected.


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Cannot open computer in safe mode (F8), regardless if F Lock on Microsoft keyboard toggle position (F lock on; off). <br />
Any utility of trick that will do this?
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Cannot open computer in safe mode (F8), regardless if F Lock on Microsoft keyboard toggle position (F lock on; off). 
Any utility of trick that will do this?

Safe Mode

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