Simple rebooting should boot to normal mode. If not then something wrong with
system and user should try last known good configuration (or something
similar).
Press F8 immediately after BIOS test.

Toomas


----- Original Message -----
From: "Lewis M Russakov" <[log in to unmask]>


> A friend of mine accidently got his computer into Safe Mode and can not
> get out of it and back into Normal Mode.
>
> I told him to reboot and when the black screen comes up offering him a
> choice of modes, he should use his arrow keys to select Normal. He does
> not get a black screen to select Normal.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> He has a Gateway and is running Windows XP.
>
> Lew Russakov
> Huntington Beach, CA 92648
>

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