I'm running OSX Yosemite. I have Virtualbox 4.3, and I use a Windows7 virtual machine for IE development.
I am having an issue where every time the machine boots to safe mode it reboots to normal mode. I have tried with msconfig but that just got me into a boot loop.
I've seen some talk about this, but I can't seem to find a solution.
Does anyone know how I can get into safe mode?
Thanks!
Best Answer
You could try to start the VM. While booting reset it and normally Windows 7 will asks you if you want to boot into the safemode or just start windows. Or you can try to catch the keyboard at the very beginning of the boot process (while the VM is in the virtual BIOS) an keep hitting F8, than you should also get the option to start into safe mode.
EDIT:
It has nothing to do with virtual box. The Windows 7 Enterprise Evaluation has a bug so the safe mode doesn't work. One solution could be the "safe mode with networking". (Source: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/ef0e41cb-955b-4a29-9318-2c56a198d746/windows-7-enterprise-safe-mode-problems?forum=w7itproperf )