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cannot turn off my comp
Name: miha Date: July 8, 2004 at 07:44:08 Pacific OS: win 2000 Pro CPU/Ram: PII 350MHz / 128MB
Comment:
hello after using turn off my computer in "start" button win2000 shows me screen that it is safe to turn off my comp and after this point is unpossible to switch off my computer by power button only by pulling power cable out of the wall. do anybody know how to solve this? thank you for help. miha
Name: mikelev Date: July 8, 2004 at 08:40:53 Pacific
Reply:
Have you tried to hold down the power button? SOmetimes it takes a while, so hold it in and see what results you get?
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Response Number 2
Name: zorki1c Date: July 8, 2004 at 10:41:14 Pacific
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A lot of computers require you to hold in the power button for at least four seconds in order to shut down
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Response Number 3
Name: stiffjello Date: July 8, 2004 at 16:51:13 Pacific
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i have this problem often at work. does it say that it is still applying settings? certain programs hog so much memory that they literally cannot finish with a simple shutdown. i have also found that shutting the comp down after saving files by using the power circuit board doesnt seem to hurt anything. as long as you save your files first, you can literally pull the power, and it doesnt change then next startup.
Summary: I have a Compaq Presario 5635, in Win98 shutting down will turn everything off automatically. But in Win2000, it gives the "You can now turn off your computer" screen and leaves the computer on, but s...
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