How to use Windows Safe Mode You’ve got three different Safe Modes to choose from. Screenshot: Microsoft To get to Safe Mode, you need to boot Windows into its Recovery Environment.

From either the login screen or the power settings in the Start menu, hold Shift and press Restart. Now, your PC will reboot ...

If your PC is in safe mode and no longer experiences the restart loop, this means that the default Windows 11 settings and drivers aren't causing the issue.

Press the F8 key to access the menu with the advanced boot options: “Repair computer” (WinRE), “Safe mode,” “Disable automatic restart in case of system errors”.

An effective way to deal with "DNS server not responding" and other Windows errors is restarting the computer in Safe Mode.