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on 3/23/2006 You may also simply hold down the power button on the front of the computer for 15 seconds. This will act as if the plug has been pulled.
on 6/11/2007 After doing this you DO NOT need to shutdown or Reboot....Just log yourself off as user and log back on. The boot sector hasn't crashed so why waste time waiting for it to reload when it 'will wait for you'! You will find your settings have settled and you desktop reset.
on 11/22/2005 To prevent freezes wait and proceed slowly. The PC normally reads and writes on the hard drive. And it does that more intensely when the user demands more responses from the PC. You are more likely to see the PC frozen when we continue to click and activate processes during hard drive access. So wait and proceed slowly, especially during hard drive action.
on 11/22/2005 Be careful with Ctrl+Alt+Delete in Windows. If you use it twice in succession the computer will restart without asking you to save your work. To be safe, press Esc a few times between uses of Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
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