Our latest video details booting into Windows Safe Mode in your guest operating system. Booting into Safe Mode is useful for diagnosing if an issue in a guest operating system is the result of a third party application or non-essential Windows service, or if the issue is with Windows.
You may want to do this when:
- The guest operating system or virtual machine fails
- The guest operating system or virtual machine stops responding and displays a blue screen (BSOD) with a stop code
- The guest operating system or virtual machine reboots for no reason
- The guest operating system or virtual machine has performance problems
- The guest operating system or virtual machine is slow
- The guest operating system or virtual machine has an application that is not working properly
- The guest operating system or virtual machine is experiencing networking problems
For more information and cautionary notes, continue reading the KB article: Booting into Safe Mode.
How to boot into Windows Safe Mode from your VMware virtual machine
