Linda,

Try holding the computers on/off button in for about 6 or seven seconds,
this should shut it down.

Jack
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>From: Rejoice ! <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: [PCSOFT] No reset button
>Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 16:29:27 -0500
>
>I have a friend that has a new HP computer.  800MGH, 30 GB Hard drive,
>128MB
>RAM, she just purchased it last weekend.  It's running Windows ME.  I was
>helping her this morning with Paint Shop Pro and the computer froze.
>CTRL-ALT-Delete wouldn't work, nothing responded I tried everything and
>then
>when I went to reset it there was no reset button on the Hard drive.  I
>looked everywhere, searched the keyboard, nothing.  She said the same thing
>happened to her earlier and she had to unplug the computer and plug it back
>in and it rebooted.
>
>Have any of you ever heard of this on a brand new computer????  I also had
>to unplug it and plug it back in and it was just like using a reset button.
>There is no way to even turn the computer off from the HD.  Do I tell her
>to
>just keep on unplugging it when it freezes???
>
>Any help would be much appreciated.
>
>God's Blessings
>Linda Aldridge
>
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