-=PCTechTalk=- Re: computer freezing
- From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:56:58 -0500
Just re-reading your message and trying to commit to memory. Reminded me
that I could not have used ALT-F4 in any case because my computer was
hanging on "saving my settings'--no desktop and no start button.
Sandi
----- Original Message -----
From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 2:05 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: computer freezing
> On a side note... ALT-F4 shuts down the application that you're currently
> on. So, if you have Microsoft Word up on the screen, and are in that
> window
> specifically (as opposed to Word being minimized) then ALT-F4 would shut
> down Word. For it to shut down the computer, you need to have your focus
> on
> Windows itself... meaning, the desktop. Clicking once on the desktop would
> give you just that, or hitting the SHOW DESKTOP icon on the bottom by the
> START button would likewise achieve giving Windows the focus. THEN...
> ALT-F4
> will shut down windows.
>
> Other method, of course, would be to hold down the power switch on the
> tower, which will automatically bypass the tower's soft switch and shut
> down
> the system, no questions asked. Typically takes about 5 seconds.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~ SirTroth
>
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