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[How To] Enable / Disable “Safe Mode With Networking” In Windows 7






Consider the following scenario:

You are having a college campus with internet connectivity. You want to access the internet but without providing the required credentials. You have tried all the things to bypass the security firewall but didn’t figure out the way. Actually the college has blocked the http transactions via FSecure’s firewall or something like that. Now the question is how to access the internet???

Ultimately the answer will led you to Safe mode networking of machine. Using Windows in Safe Mode With Networking, you can bypass the security restrictions of the college. In this article we’ll tell you how to enable / disable this Safe Mode With Networking for Windows 7. Lets see how…

1. Open Command Prompt with administrative privileges.

2. Now to Disable the Safe Mode With Networking, type the following command:

bcdedit /set {bootmgr} displaybootmenu no

3. That’s it. Now the whole boot menu is disabled. Lets see how to enable it again. Repeat the first step.

4. Finally provide the following command to Enable the Safe Mode With Networking:

bcdedit /set {bootmgr} displaybootmenu yes

This will set your PC to default mode and now whole boot menu is displayed. To check it, repeatedly press F8 while boot.

NOTE : Please create a system restore point before applying the above method so that you can later restore your system to last known good configuration. Because making mistake in commanding can affect your system adversely.

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10 Comments

  1. Carey

    great Mr. troubleshooter but what will happen if command is inserted without admin rights?

    good post anyways!

  2. Tequila

    Such a Fabulous stop off to enjoy

  3. geekexplore

    i’m new here; didn’t catched first point wats it?

  4. Kapil Arya

    ^^ Click Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt -> Right Click -> Run as administrator. Select Yes, when asked.

    @ Carey, Nothing happens!

  5. Ray

    Say CHEESE :)

  6. ethan

    Hi KAPIL!

    My laptop is 1 month old. I have installed Visual Studio SP1 & my computer is getting slower n slower. i have searched so many sites even forums but didn’t find any solution. here is laptop bases

    Intel Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550@2.83Ghz
    4G RAM and 64 bit OS.
    Win7 professional

    Please hep me this error is driving me crazy@…

    there is nothing abt this on ur site

  7. Kapil Arya

    ^^ Which section is slower? Start up, shutdown or processing while work???

    Follow the method of following article and check for EventID 100 & 200:

    http://www.kapilarya.com/fix-windows-7-taking-long-time-to-shutdown

    Enter the following command to generate processing log and send the details:

    xbootmgr -trace shutdown -noPrepReboot -traceFlags BASE+CSWITCH+DRIVERS+POWER -resultPath C:\TEMP

  8. ethan

    thanx 4 reply..

    I have fixed the shutdown issue using method of your article,now tell me how to fix processing?

    thanks in advance….

  9. Kapil Arya

    ^^ There is no direct method for this so far. Use hit and trial method. In it you have to check it manually using msconfig.

    In Start up tab, Disable all MS services and check PC processing by enabling them one by one :)

  10. ethan

    again thankx for reply, i thing i have got some fix from you and my problem is solved.. big credits to you… hope you’ll solve more problems in fututre thankxxxxxxxxxxxx

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