Help? Blue screen of death. - Democratic Underground

trof

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Sat Jul-26-08 06:12 AM
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Help? Blue screen of death.

Tried to shut down last night and it's still hung up on the blue screen "Windows is shutting down".
Presario laptop, so I can't just kill power and reboot.
Running XP.
Any way out?
Posting from Miz t.'s computer.

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LaurenG

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Sat Jul-26-08 06:14 AM
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1. That used to happen to my husbands compaq - take out the battery

then put it back in and see what happens.

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ET Awful

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Sat Jul-26-08 06:14 AM
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2. Why can't you just kill power?

Hold the power button in for 15 seconds or so, the computer will shut down.

If that doesn't work, unplug power supply, remove battery, wait a minute or two, plug everything back in and reboot.

I do IT work all day long and run into this occasionally.

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trof

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Sat Jul-26-08 07:18 AM
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3. YEAAAA!!!!!!! Thanks to both of you.

Holding power button down worked.
MANY THANKS!

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