Starting XP in safe mode

[Carolf]

F8 on mine with a round keyboard plug. Could not do it
with the long type.
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>F5 on mine
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>I have a virus on my computer, and I've downloaded the
>>removal tool, but it needs to be restarted in safe mode.
>>The problem I have is that the virus has blocked the way
>>that you set the computer to restart in safe mode. I
>know
>>that you can put it into safe mode as the computer is
>>loading up, but I'm not sure how to do it.
>>
>>Can anyone help?
>>.
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