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April 3rd, 2020 05:00
How do I know I’m in safe mode
1.) How do I know if I am in safe mode.
I had to use command prompt to boot into safe mode, yet I cant tell if Im in safe mode. Im having to do that because I turned my computer off as it was in the process of restoring to an earlier point. I seem to have caused a problem because now, it wont or cant display the desktop. Once it gets to that point, it repeated flickers the black screen without being able to show the desktop, the icons on the desktop, and the wallpaper. When this happens, I will twice get a error message saying about Dropbox: The application requires one of the following versions of the .NETFramework: Do you want to install this .Net Framework version now?” 2.) Could that be an indication as to why my PC can not pull up the desktop and apps?
3.)And I am also attempting to do another System Restore through my command prompt (I can still use it even though I cant connect to the desktop), however, it has been in the System Restore initializing prompt for 45 minutes now. Does that mean that it is actually attempting to restore or is that saying that the Restore process hasnt yet started and its still in the beginner stage.
It says, “ Please wait while your Windows files and settings are being restored. System Restore is initializing....
So, I have 3 questions.
1lknight
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April 3rd, 2020 18:00
Thank you for responding. But, I was able to fix the problem myself. It required that I utilize the task manager in order to access the command prompt to complete the tasks.
1.) I entered safe mode through the command prompt and also then restored the computer (through the command prompt) to the point or time BEFORE I turned the computer off during my initial restore attempt (I INITIALLY was going to restore my computer to an earlier point after I could not FIGURE OUT WHY MY KEYBOARD AND MOUSE HAD STOP WORKING which is when I decided to restore the computer the first time. HOWEVER, I turned it off in the mid of the restore computer attempt when it took too long.) And that is when my issue became worse and the computer would appear to boot up normally until it would get to the desktop screen and the screen would go black and began to flicker as described in my question. Which is why I had to utilize task manager and enter my command prompt mode to perform the tasks and to complete a new restore computer request.
2.) Once the FINAL restore computer attempt was complete (and it took about 3-4 hours to complete) my computer was back to being the great touchscreen computer that it is and was when I purchased it. I then went back into the command prompt mode to reset the computer to continue booting normally and to no longer boot into safe mode.
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April 3rd, 2020 07:00
no PC told,
no OS told
why. june 2007 is first one, from dell. 13 years ago to now.
2007 PC, ? model 530?
ive no idea what you own
and w10 has no safe mode, (fastboot off is close as you get and is first in your case)
did you buy this PC new?
did you ever upgrade the OS, and if yes how, using what, media.
did you look in F2 BIOS logs for errors
did you run F12, diagnostics (if super old PC this is diag disk)
did you check the RTC coin cell for dead, below 2.9vdc is bad. over 5year old PC this is checked first.
NO drop box nor netframe runs your desktop, and for get apps until the OS IS WORKING AGAIN.
w10 has w10 to w10 inline upgrade ( a super great way to fix any dead W10) told at MS dot com.
w10, did you know booting w10 3 times makes it go to auto w10 repair all by itself, do that let it and it works like 99% of the time, do that, first. for sure, power cord eat by dog, causes. etc. cause. even power outages in the hood,.