Error 1084 pops up and I had problems resetting my PC and after many days of struggling there needed to be some digital proof.
Tutorial 2: Error 1084: This Service Cannot Be Started in Safe Mode
Working through Safe Mode Bugs – Error 1084
Dealing with Safe Mode failures is not exactly what you had on your agenda for today? Same here.
Lucky for you these steps might just be what you’re looking for and no not the droids you’re looking for. (trailing preposition)
Although a lot of these errors can stem from dirty fans and viruses, the steps below may knock it out.
Safe mode windows – Error 1084: This Service Cannot Be Started in Safe Mode
It’s interesting Windows 10 takes a Passive voice when writing their error code.
Oh Safe Mode, on Windows 10, and Error 1084, you make me happy when I’m blue.
Windows 10 logo, and the face of your best friend Error 1084.
Go ahead and let me just keep saying strategic business consulting words about how great it is!
Let’s handle Error 1084 like a professional!
Yes, Error 1084 is the same as your fan getting overheated because you haven’t waxed your computers legs in forever.
What? Yeah, I don’t know, this is just how I feel after troubleshooting Windows for a few days.
How to fix Error 1084 in 5 simple steps: This service cannot be started in Safe Mode.
Left click ‘Start.’
Start typing ‘Run‘ and press enter.
Type Regedit and press Enter.
Navigate to a folder: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHIN\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Option\
Keep ‘Minimal’ and ‘Network’ – Delete Option
Error 1084 has a slew of other great things to research. We can only hope this did more than what it did for our computer. Geek squad cough.
Now your system will begin to start services in ‘normal mode.’ It’s important to back up the registry before pulling the plug – do you like how I saved that for the end?
Long short of this blog is the computer never fully recovered even after I reformatted the machine.
Windows 10 or MacBook whatever? Well, Right now We like Mac more.
It seems Windows 10 and Windows laptops are still struggling to maintain a year’s worth of professional usage, yet my MacBook Pro has been running with 100% up time since I’ve purchased it four years ago.
When I shop at best buy I’m often surprised to see tech still telling customers to buy windows machines.
It’s safe to say if it wasn’t for the necessity of Windows 10 to connect to most enterprise companies, I would never use it again.
Also some web scrappers I prefer not to mention to avoid more spammers, and those web scrappers only work on windows. I’m sure lots of enterprise people read this and think, ‘I know 30 applications that have to be on Windows.’ Just a reminder – I’m not looking to blog about that today! It’s really not my specialty.
When you’re windows 10 PC cannot be started in safe mode, that’s my specialty now!
You’re swimming in the ocean at this point, if you’re touching our blog, you are troubleshooting a toaster. You know your computer is a toaster when you’re taking pictures with your phone and uploading them to a blog. Screenshots are hard to do with toasters.
While creating the dev3lop | Consulting Servicesblog, one of our machines decided to break, and we decided to keep that blog available because a lot of people run into this problem. We have a few different blogs and links to click below that will help you with the next steps too.
Welcome to a boring blog about a boring problem resetting your PC and then your Windows 10.
A lot is wrong in the world of windows 10 for our computers.
Our problem;
Our computer is auto closing windows updates and we have no idea why.
After more research I found there’s very few blogs teaching people how to move the needle.
We recommend you;
backup what you can backup.
don’t worry about making changes if you have a backup.
contact a professional if you are unable to backup the files you need.
consider re-installing windows.
Problem Resetting Your PC, is it your PC?
Knowing your permissions on the machine is key.
If it’s not your machine, it’s not yours to fix.
You will need system admin privileges.
If you’re at work – contact IT people for assistance.
IT will have a document, procedure, and governance around making fixing computers.
If you’re using a personal device and it’s up to you to solve the problem, let’s begin.
Before we start discussing safe safe mode; what else do you notice? What have you changed recently? What could be the problem with your windows 10 machine that’s outside of the scope of these bugs?
Have you made it far enough that you’re seeing other strange errors?
Blue screens? Safe mode not working?
If you’ve made a lot of changes before using this blog, consider those could be the cause of your problems.
Re-installing windows is a good option. Let’s discuss getting to a point of gaining your files first.
Let’s try to get into safe mode. If you’re not able to backup anything, safe mode may be a good alternative.
End of the story, we will want to reformat, re-install, etc.
Is Windows 10 Safe Mode Not Working?
(Safe mode may not work if you’re computer is toast. But have no fear, we have more options below.)
Okay don’t get too mad, Windows 10 is new-ish and Safe mode?
We need to reset our computer because it won’t start regularly.
Let me go ahead and lay out the environment to ensure we are on the same page.
My get out of jail free card supplied by Microsoft Developers has to lead me to a new blue screen of death.
We did this because our MSI gaming laptop was auto closing the windows update in safe mode and our fear was it needs to be reformatted completely.
Problem Resetting PC and need to Reformat?
Necessary steps: Before you start down the path of diving into the Resetting PC problem. Please take a backup of anything important on this computer before moving forward.
System restores, Windows 10 safe mode fun (how to do it), and how to open your Services to enable your windows updating the app.
Learn about System Restore..
The more you change, the harder it will be to succeed with making changes to your windows machine.
System Restore – a method to fix software related problems on windows.
The next two blogs will help you work towards a system restore.
Worst case scenario, you’re in safe mode, grab a flash drive and grab the important material… You could have a dirty fan! Luckily the ‘overheated fan’ and ‘all of this fun stuff above’ are hyper-productively the same error codes.
You thought you were going to get busy working today until you had a problem resetting your PC. Don’t throw out the computer just yet!
Need further assistance resetting your PC?
If you’re still having trouble, give your local IT shop a call, contact us, or…
Craigslist is home to “we come to you” IT professionals who can help you 1 on 1, and it may require a deep clean if it’s been more than one year since you cleaned your machine.
A Problem Resetting ones PC could be from not spraying the fans with compressed air, and it may be because you dropped your computer.
It’s important to note; re-installing windows will not help if your fan isn’t spinning and your computer is overheating. That’s why it’s important to keep going, using the other blogs we have setup here.
And if you’re not using spyware, it’s probably a virus, a big fat virus.
Backup and reformat.
Still having problems resetting PC?
Are you still having problems resetting after these steps & the follow on blogs?
So were we! It never ended until we re-installed Windows… This starts to feel like a never ending bug, below are some clicks that will help you move forward.
But if you’re like us, we don’t want to reset to default, we want to grind this out and see how far the rabbit hole goes.
The next blog will help you if you’re getting the same error as we are at this point, Error 1084…
Starting windows in advanced mode may be the next step too.
Dev3lop is here to assist you with any extra help, we mostly focus on tableau consulting, and related consulting services, however we have supported IT related tickets too. Contact us to begin an inquery.
Typical Tuesdays when you can not reset you PC. An undocumented error from the Googles of it. Microsoft ‘delete everything and reset’ has a new blue screen buddy. What am I going to do with my week now. The computer is not working. Thanks!
Tips: don’t travel with your laptops if you don’t want your laptops to break. Buy a cheaper more durable laptop for travel ONLY and keep your important files in the cloud to ensure you never miss them. We use google drive to keep files secure, and we also keep our different applications, websites, and files stored separately from each other to ensure if 1 thing fails everything doesn’t fail.
Best of luck as you to continue to hack away at this bug.
