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ERROR_NOT_SAFEBOOT_SERVICE
The service is not selected for Safe Mode startup
Safe Mode deliberately loads a restricted set of drivers and services. Windows documents separate SafeBoot Minimal and SafeBoot Network selections under the SYSTEM control configuration. ERROR_NOT_SAFEBOOT_SERVICE indicates that a service start request is outside the set allowed for the current Safe Mode configuration.
First confirm the machine is actually in a Safe Mode boot and identify whether the selected mode is Minimal or Network. Do not treat the error as a missing executable or service-account failure. For troubleshooting, ask whether the service should run in Safe Mode at all; expanding SafeBoot membership can defeat the isolation that makes Safe Mode useful. If a product requires maintenance in Safe Mode, design and document that support explicitly and include only the minimum required dependencies.
What to inspect
- Confirm the active Safe Mode variant and the service expected to run there.
- Distinguish SafeBoot selection from ordinary service start configuration.
- Do not add services to SafeBoot merely to suppress the error during diagnosis.
References
- Microsoft: BcdLibrary_SafeBoot
- Microsoft: HKLM SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services registry tree
- Microsoft: Automatically Starting Services
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