Accessing Vista’s Advanced Options Other Vista Discussions Discuss Accessing Vista’s Advanced Options in the Windows Vista forums; To access Vista’s advanced options, press the F8 key repeatedly when the boot up begins. If you are booting from the Vista CD, press the F8 key when the “...

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To access Vista’s advanced options, press the F8 key repeatedly when the boot up begins. If you are booting from the Vista CD, press the F8 key when the “Press any key to boot up from CD or DVD" message appears. See attachment for a glimpse of what the Advanced Option screen looks like. Below is a brief explanation of each option; to see a complete explanation use the Help & Support in Vista.
Safe mode will start your PC in a limited state. If an existing problem does not reappear when you start in safe mode, you can eliminate the default settings and basic device drivers as possible causes.
If you don't know the cause of the problem, you can use the process of elimination to help you find the problem. Try starting all of the programs you commonly use, including the programs in your Startup folder, one by one, to see if a program might be the cause of the problem.
Safe mode with networking includes the network drivers and services needed to access the Internet or other computers on your network.
Starts Windows in safe mode with a command prompt window instead of the usual Windows interface. This option is intended for IT professionals and administrators.
Enable boot logging creates a file, ntbtlog.txt, that lists all the drivers that are installed during startup and that might be useful for advanced troubleshooting.
Enable low resolution video (640 × 480) starts Windows using your current video driver and using low resolution and refresh rate settings. You can use this mode to reset your display settings.
Last Known Good Configuration (advanced) starts Windows with the last registry and driver configuration that worked successfully.
Directory services restore mode starts Windows domain controller running Active Directory so that the directory service can be restored. This option is intended for IT professionals and administrators.
Debugging mode starts Windows in an advanced troubleshooting mode intended for IT professionals and system administrators.
Disable automatic restart on system failure prevents Windows from automatically restarting if an error causes Windows to fail. Choose this option only if Windows is stuck in a loop where Windows fails, attempts to restart, and fails again repeatedly.
Disable Driver Signature Enforcement allows drivers containing improper signatures to be installed.
Start Windows normally starts Windows in its normal mode.