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troubleshooting possibilities, like being able to access drivers on

another PC or from the internet.

6. Enable Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

This variation of Safe Mode is for power users who are

comfortable typing out text commands at the command prompt.

7. Disable driver signature enforcement.

As a way to protect your PC, Windows uses a technique called
driver signature enforcement, which is designed to load only
drivers verified to be valid. Of course, there are plenty of times
when drivers aren’t verified but are in fact usable. If you suspect

that to be the case, choose this option; Windows will load all your
drivers.

8. Disable early-launch anti-malware protection.

Bad guys often release a rootkit (a virus-like bit of software),
which installs a driver that loads into memory when your computer

starts up. Since it’s there before your antivirus software has loaded,
it’s difficult to detect and remove. As revenge, Microsoft created
Early-Launch Anti-Malware Protection (ELAMP), a window of

opportunity for certain antivirus programs to load before all other
drivers. That way, the antivirus software can scan any other drivers
that load and, if they’re malware, block them.

Ah—but what if one of these antivirus programs identifies a driver
as evil but it’s not? Then you won’t be able to start up at all. In that
situation, you’d want to turn ELAMP off using this option. Once

you’ve started up, update your virus software or remove the
questionable driver. The next time you start up, ELAMP will be

turned on again.

9. Disable automatic restart on system failure.

Under normal conditions, Windows automatically reboots after a

system crash. Choose this option if you don’t want it to reboot.