Windows 10: Trouble using Safe Mode to fix Windows 10

Windows 10 suddenly stopped loading today. It will get to the login screen and either freeze there or immediately after I put in my password. I placed it into safe mode with networking and began going through the various repair options. I'm running into dead ends everywhere I turn and am not finding answers in any prior threads. I'm running Windows 10, build 17763.914.


I tried to reset the PC, which failed. I am unable to access any of my restore points. I started thinking there was a physical problem with the computer, so I loaded Linux on my partition. It loaded and worked fine.


I tried running SFC /Scannow, which showed many corrupted files but was unable to fix them. I switched to DISM RestoreHealth. It made it through about 85% and shut down with error 1084 the service cannot be started in Safe Mode. At this point, I started thinking I should use Media Creation Tool and restore from a valid image. It came up with a message "there was a problem running this tool" with error code 0x8007043C - 0x90018. When that didn't work, I downloaded and ran SFCFix. I received the same error as I did with RestoreHealth.


At this point, I started thinking a virus was blocking me. I attempted to run Windows Defender offline. The restart failed. I tried to use Malwarebytes, which was unable to connect to the service. I checked in the system services and its startup type was set to manual. I attempted to set it to automatic and received an error stating access is denied.


I thought AVG might help so I tried to download it. It failed to install.


I'm running into roadblocks on literally everything I try. I would appreciate any insight into what I'm missing here.

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Stuck in safe mode in windows 10

Safe mode is intended to help fix most, if not all problems within an operating system, it's not good if we got stuck on it. To correct this, we suggest that you follow the steps below to exit out of Safe mode:

• Open Run command by pressing Windows key + R
  keys on the keyboard and type msconfig in the command box and press
  Enter.
• Under General tab, put a check on Normal Startup option.
• Reboot the system and check if the changes are effective.

Let us know if you are able to exit out of Safe mode with these steps.

 

Password not accepted in Safe mode

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community forum.

Have you tried all the above steps suggested by Sangeeta Sarkar on September 13, 2015.

I would suggest you to provide some information to help you better.

• Are you trying to login the Microsoft account or the Local account in safe mode?
• Did you try with only safe mode or safe mode with networking?
• What is the critical error you are getting?

If you are using Windows 10. To go to safe mode you have to follow the below steps.

If you are able to go to login screen in normal mode try the below steps to go to safe mode with networking.

• 
  At the login screen click on the power symbol.
  
• 
  Hold SHIFT + Click Restart.
  
• 
  After restarting your system, select the Troubleshoot option.
  
• 
  Select advanced options under
  Troubleshoot screen.
  
• 
  Click on Startup Settings.
  
• 
  Click Restart and follow the onscreen steps to go to
  Safe Mode with networking and check if you are able to login.
  

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Please get back with more information, we will be glad to help you further.

 

Boot into Safe Mode on Windows 10  


I am stuck in Safe Mode in spite of following all the suggested steps to go back to Normal Startup - Like opening file location of msconfig.exe & running as Administrator. The computer I am trying to get out of safe mode has just been updated from Windows 7.