Windows Server 2008 R2 - unable to boot into safe mode

tdo

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Hello,

I'm having some troubles with getting a windows server 2008 r2 server into safe mode. After pressing F8, I choose "Safe Mode" and after a few seconds of loading files, the login screen appears. Then after another 2-3 seconds, the mouse freezes and the system automatically reboots [auto-reboot on failure/BSOD is disabled in the system; there isn't any error message or BSOD when the system freezes and reboots].

It's impossible to boot into safe mode. In normal mode, there are no issues.

I'm using a clean windows server 2008 r2 version. No third-party programs installed.

Code:
pveversion -v
pve-manager: 2.1-14 (pve-manager/2.1/f32f3f46)
running kernel: 2.6.32-14-pve
proxmox-ve-2.6.32: 2.1-74
pve-kernel-2.6.32-13-pve: 2.6.32-72
pve-kernel-2.6.32-14-pve: 2.6.32-74
pve-kernel-2.6.32-6-pve: 2.6.32-55+ovzfix-1
pve-kernel-2.6.32-10-pve: 2.6.32-63
pve-kernel-2.6.32-11-pve: 2.6.32-66
pve-kernel-2.6.32-12-pve: 2.6.32-68
pve-kernel-2.6.32-7-pve: 2.6.32-55+ovzfix-2
lvm2: 2.02.95-1pve2
clvm: 2.02.95-1pve2
corosync-pve: 1.4.3-1
openais-pve: 1.1.4-2
libqb: 0.10.1-2
redhat-cluster-pve: 3.1.92-3
resource-agents-pve: 3.9.2-3
fence-agents-pve: 3.1.8-1
pve-cluster: 1.0-27
qemu-server: 2.0-49
pve-firmware: 1.0-18
libpve-common-perl: 1.0-30
libpve-access-control: 1.0-24
libpve-storage-perl: 2.0-31
vncterm: 1.0-3
vzctl: 3.0.30-2pve5
vzprocps: 2.0.11-2
vzquota: 3.0.12-3
pve-qemu-kvm: 1.1-8
ksm-control-daemon: 1.1-1

Code:
uname -a
Linux proxmox 2.6.32-14-pve #1 SMP Mon Aug 6 06:47:11 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I've already tried to remove the network device, changed the display mode, disabled hdd-cache and changed the processor type. But nothing helped.

Does anyone know how to solve this problem, so I can boot into safe mode?

Edit:

I've setup a completly new proxmox server and did a new install of windows server 2008 r2 there. But still the same problem. I'm using the evaluation version of windows server 2008 r2 + sp1. I've already tried to install the latest proxmox and windows updates (and rebooted the whole system several times). But safe mode is still not working :(

Edit 2:

Okay, I have found out that safe mode is working with the MSDN version of windows server 2008 r2, but not with the evaluation version, that can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd459137.aspx
I don't know why, but there must be a significant difference between these versions.
 
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