When your Windows-operated PC or laptop starts acting up, the cause could be any number of problems. Here's how to boot in safe mode and solve it.

How to use Windows Safe Mode You’ve got three different Safe Modes to choose from. Screenshot: Microsoft To get to Safe Mode, you need to boot Windows into its Recovery Environment.

Choose Enable safe mode. This will attempt to boot you into a version of Windows that’s in a basic, cutback state, using a limited set of files and drivers. If Windows boots into safe mode ...

Launch Startup Repair (Recommended) Start Windows Normally No safe mode, no safe mode with command prompt, no safe mode with networking. And of course startup repair found no problems to fix.