The three categories that you can start your computer in safe mode are from a blank or
black screen, the settings menu and screens or from the sign in screen. All have their own
way to get to safe mode booting but will all end with the same result thankfully. For the
settings screen you can either press the windows key in combination with I or press the
windows key by itself and navigate through the settings to recovery under update and
security. You press restart now and after you get the options, you go to troubleshoot
advanced startup options and enter safe mode. that would be the more simple one
thankfully. If you cant open settings, then you need to be on the windows screen for your
log in, there you press shift in combination with the power button. This will lead to the
above troubleshoot option with the advanced system startup. Select that and you will once
again have the option to boot whilst safe mode is activated. Finally, from a black or blank
screen you need to enter winRE which will be a bit of a tedious process. This will require
you to repeatedly turn your device off and on by holding the power button down for ten
seconds each time. You must hold the power button down every sequence when turning the
device on and off until you get to the recovery environment. This will allow you to select
troubleshoot, advanced system startup, and enter safe mode.
If the user is still signed in, they can press and hold the power button to turn off their
system. Afterwards, they should press it again to start up. This is being said because the
user is unable to even read their screen and correct the colors. Depending on their system,
they may be able to find a way to view enough of the screen to reboot properly by adjusting
their monitor's settings. If they do that, they can press and hold the "SHIFT" key, click the
Start Menu, clicking the power button and pressing "Restart". Again, this has to be done
while the shift key is held. If someone is experienced enough, they could find the restart
button without viewing their monitor screen.Depending on your system, there are various
ways to reach Window's Recovery Mode during boot. On my Windows PC, I have to press
and hold F11 at startup, depending on computer manufacturer, to get into Recovery Mode.
A computer's manufacturer's documentation should have details on their boot options.
• Once you reach Recovery Mode, it asks you to choose an option.
• Select Troubleshoot.
• Afterwards, select Advanced Options.
• Select “See more recovery options” until you see “Startup Settings”.
• Select “Enable Safe Mode”
• Then restart.
You should now be able to boot with the default display settings, and change the colors
accordingly.The most common way to boot windows 10 into safe mode is to press the
windows +I key to open your settings, select Update and Security, select recovery, select
Restart now under Advanced options, when the computer restarts you should select 4 or f4
to go into safe mode. Safe mode is the mode of windows to diagnose an issue with your
operating system. It essentially stops all programs that aren't needed to function and
removes custom user settings. It will only allow programs necessary for the OS to work.
When you are in safe mode you don't get the "customized" user settings that you may have
placed before and therefor the hard to read background would not be there. You would be
able to go into settings and see them in their original format since its designed for trouble
shooting. Once you change the settings to something more easy on the eyes you can go
back to business per usual. If your settings don't work the first time as intended you can
always restart the computer and try again.
