In a message dated 01/03/01 17:21:40 GMT Standard Time, dave@cdcatalogues.co.uk writes: << On odd occasions I'm prompted to load Windows in safe mode ........... >> Well on one particular occasion when I was having problems like that, it automatically loaded in safe mode....said the colour on my monitor were not correct and gave me a message to set them....when I did and hit 'apply' it told me that that button wasn't available in safe mode !!!! Yes....I did ask it why it put it there if I couldn't use it ....lol. I then switched off...counted to ten...made a coffee and then switched back on and all was OK....thank goodness. Maggie