Safe mode has a text like "safe mode" in the 4 corners of the screen. If you say your screen looks like safe mode, do you mean it has that same text in the corners of the screen? Or do you mean something else?
If it's only the resolution that changed back to 800x600 or so, set it back to what you want. Right click on an empty part of the deskto, choose properties, and find the tab with the resolution slider. Slide it to what you had.
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i runned safe-mode after my battery went caputt to see if i could save the file i was working on. i managed that but when i went back to normal mode the start was looking like in safe-mode. tried to shut it down to enter normal mode again. but still start menu the same. i have dell not sure wath its called but it has vista 64bit. plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz help me!!!!!!

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