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Resetting System

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Resetting System You may need to restart the system if your computer hangs up or a new hardware or software is installed. When a message appears after the installation, click OK, Yes, etc. to restart Windows. You can also restart Windows by clicking start - Turn Off Computer; then, Restart. Resetting may cause data loss. Use the resetting process only if the normal Windows Shut Down does not work because of software malfunction. Although resetting will not damage the system, you may 2 lose the data you are processing. Warm Boot (Software Reset) If the system is locked up because of a software problem, you can reset or reboot the system by pressing the Ctrl+Alt+Del keys simultaneously and select Applications tab of Windows Task Manager dialog box. Click the program name which hangs up, then, End Task. If this does not solve the problem, click Disconnect or Logoff of Windows Task Manager dialog box, then Yes. Power Switch You can turn off your computer with the power button if you encounter hardware or software problems which lock up the system. In this case, press the power button for more than four seconds. Reset Switch If you cannot turn off your computer by pressing the power button, you can use the reset switch on the bottom of your computer. To reset the system, insert a narrow object into the small hole to press the switch. RESET RESET Reset Switch 2-3

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Resetting System
You may need to restart the system if your computer hangs up or a new hardware or
software is installed. When a message appears after the installation, click
OK
,
Yes
, etc.
to restart Windows.
You can also restart Windows by clicking
start
-
Turn Off Computer
; then,
Restart.
Resetting may cause data loss. Use the resetting process only if the
normal Windows Shut Down does not work because of software
malfunction.
Although resetting will not damage the system, you may
lose the data you are processing.
Warm Boot (Software Reset)
If the system is locked up because of a software problem, you can reset or reboot the
system by pressing the
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
Del
keys simultaneously and select
Applications
tab
of
Windows Task Manager
dialog box. Click the program name which hangs up, then,
End Task
.
If this does not solve the problem, click
Disconnect
or
Logoff
of
Windows
Task Manager
dialog box, then
Yes
.
Power Switch
You can turn off your computer with the power button if you encounter hardware or
software problems which lock up the system. In this case, press the power button for
more than four seconds.
Reset Switch
If you cannot turn off your computer by pressing the power button, you can use the
reset switch on the bottom of your computer. To reset the system, insert a narrow
object into the small hole to press the switch.
RESET
RESET
Reset Switch