{"id":92,"date":"2015-03-15T04:55:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T17:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/?post_type=article&#038;p=92"},"modified":"2022-11-14T20:05:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T09:05:45","slug":"how-to-start-windows-8-in-safe-mode","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/article\/how-to-start-windows-8-in-safe-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Start Windows 8 in Safe Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the introduction of Windows 8 &amp; Windows 8.1 some may be finding it difficult to bring up Safe Mode by the old method of constantly tapping on F8 as the system starts up.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to start your Windows 8 based PC in Safe Mode if tapping F8 no longer works for you<\/p>\n<h3>1. Start your computer<\/h3>\n<p>Whilst Holding Down Shift and Tap F8 (this has changed from F8 only)<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>2. Choose Troubleshoot<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1-1.gif\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93\" data-original=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1-1.gif\" alt=\"1\" width=\"977\" height=\"562\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>3. Select Advanced Options<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94\" src=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2-1.gif\" alt=\"2\" width=\"910\" height=\"520\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>4. Click on Startup Settings<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/3-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95\" src=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/3-1.gif\" alt=\"3\" width=\"910\" height=\"520\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>5. Press (4) Enable Safe Mode<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/4-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96\" src=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/4-1.gif\" alt=\"4\" width=\"610\" height=\"617\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>6. Click on Restart<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/5-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97\" src=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/5-1.gif\" alt=\"5\" width=\"910\" height=\"520\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even though it is more of a process getting your computer in to Safe Mode, there are a few other options available now like the ability to refresh your PC which are definitely worth taking a look at it when your computer gets in to trouble.<\/p>\n<div style='text-align:left' class='yasr-auto-insert-visitor'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the introduction of Windows 8 &amp; Windows 8.1 some may be finding it difficult to bring up Safe Mode by the old method of constantly tapping on F8 as the system starts up. Here&#8217;s how to start your Windows 8 based PC in Safe Mode if tapping F8 no longer works for you 1. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","article-category":[36],"article-tag":[37],"class_list":["post-92","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","article-category-windows-8","article-tag-safe-mode"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":3,"sum_votes":13},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/92\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-category?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"article-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-tag?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}