Quickie Safe Mode tip for Parallels or VMWare

After a recent software update trashed my XP virtual machine, I needed to boot into Safe Mode to make a repair. None of the 'normal' Windows keystrokes seemed to be helping, until I discovered that what was needed was for the following keys to be held down as the vm booted:

FN-F8 (on a laptop)
or
Apple-F8 (on a desktop)

Hopefully this will help someone out there!

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  • rdkay
    Oh well I had trouble again with the F8 key driving me crazy with Vmware fusion, found another method, hope it helps...(using boot.ini)
    http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstricks/ht/sms...
  • rdkay
    many thanks :-)
  • JL
    This is great....searched for an hour for the solution...THANKS!
  • TK
    I've been searching through bunches of links for this. Thank you! Finally that something that works.
  • chris
    great...I was starting to loose my mind...
    for my macbook I used Command+F8...

    but still great ...wonderfull!
  • ac
    Cool!!! I've always wondered how to get to safe mode in a VM. Great tip! :)
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