How to "Fix My Computer Using Safe Mode"

In my last article http://www.ehow.com/how_4782728_fix-my-computer.html I showed you how to identify the 'bad guys' and suggested some tools that might help you clean them up. This article is all about Safe Mode and how running this instance of your Windows OS can help you fix registry problems, spyware problems and many
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Everything looks big and clunky, but that's because the Registry only loaded the bare minimum to function.
Let's start by defining some concepts. Safe Mode is a "No Frills" instance of your Windows Operating System. What this means is that Windows loads only the mandatory processes needed to function. We'll get back to why this is some effective for fixing your computer. The next concept is the "Registry". I mentioned that Safe Mode only 'loads' the mandatory processes need to function. The 'loads' part of the statement is the "Registry". Think of it as a "To Do List", only it's in a specific order. So when you turn on your computer, it looks to the "Registry" to see what it's got to do to successfully load Windows. So we've defined these two important concepts; Registry and Safe Mode.
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Dialog BOX!
"Great", you say, "but how do I get into Safe Mode?", I reply, "turn your computer on and right from the beginning start pushing the "F8" key. Don't hold it down (keyboards don't appreciate that) just push it every couple of seconds until a textual menu will come up. It will list a series of options, key down to the Safe Mode option(if it's not the first one on the list) and hit enter. Now don't be scared, it's going to scroll a bunch of text you've never seen before,(unless this is old hat for you) it's just loading Safe Mode. Remember, it's only loading the basics, so no internet, (unless you've chosen "Safe Mode with Networking", which is a eHow that I'll be writing in the near future) no sound and your desktop will look big and ugly, because it didn't load your fancy video drivers. After all the text is done scrolling by, click your user and it will begin to take you to the User Interface and one more message will pop up that tells you basically what I just told you. Read it and make a mental note of it, or just come back here.
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Low resolution your way to a solution.
So, "LedZippel", you say, "Why does loading Windows into Safe mode benefit me in waging my war against the virtual pests?", I reply, "Because now that you're in Safe Mode, none of those 'pests' are loaded, because they didn't make it onto the Registry this time around." That's why this is so beneficial. Many times when you run 'Spy Bot - Search and Destroy' and 'Glary Utilities'(the two tools I mentioned in the fist article[http://www.ehow.com/how_4782728_fix-my-computer.html]) and you're still in a Regular Windows instance, these guys loaded when your computer loaded and are still running when you're trying to get rid of them. If a program(virus, spyware or trojan)is running and you try to delete it, Windows can't, because it's still running. By running these same tools, while you're in safe mode, you can successfully and completely remove them.
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So run Spy Bot - Search and Destroy, then run Glary Utilities. Spy Bot will get rid of the Spyware and Glary will remove all the Registry entries of those 'pests'. In Spy Bot there is a Registry backup tool, use it. It's always good to have a back up plan.