I followed the instructions on this you tube video on how to restore when you can't start in safe mode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl6IhMVU588
The Win. 7 and Vista instructions are at the end of the clip.
Shoot, I forgot to mention that I switched to a corded keyboard because my wireless had been disabled, F8 then worked but safe mode was still bypassed, I used safe mode with command prompt and followed the intructions.
Good luck