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What Kind of Problem Is It?

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What Kind of Problem Is It? I Can't Shut Down My PC Have you checked that... Ö The PC did not hang when you tried to shut it down How • If you can't shut down and restart the PC normally, press in the power button for 5 seconds. The PC will shut down. Note that any unsaved data will be lost. My PC Has Become Slow Have you checked that... Ö You are not running too many applications at the same time How 1 Close any unused applications and check whether the PC's performance improves. Ö You have not filled your hard drive with too much data 1 Click on the letter corresponding to your PC's hard drive in Windows Explorer. The amount of free space on the disk is displayed at the bottom of the Explorer window. 2 Remove or back up any unwanted files. 3 Compress any files you do not often have to access with a file compression utility. You are not storing large numbers of unnecessary temporary files on your PC Ö • Select Programs Ö Accessories Ö System Tools Ö Disk Cleanup from the Start menu. This will check your system for files you can safely delete. For more information on optimizing PC performance, refer to the PC's online HP Brio Center What Kind of Problem Is It? Is My Problem Hardware or Software Related? Have you checked that... Ö Your PC's hardware is functioning normally. How • Run HP e-DiagTools. Refer to page 42. 22

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What Kind of Problem Is It?
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What Kind of Problem Is It?
I Can’t Shut Down My PC
Have you checked that...
How
The PC did not hang when you tried to shut it
down
Ö
If you can’t shut down and restart the PC normally,
press in the power button for 5 seconds. The PC
will shut down. Note that any unsaved data will be
lost.
My PC Has Become Slow
Have you checked that...
How
You are not running too many applications at
the same time
Ö
1
Close any unused applications and check
whether the PC’s performance improves.
You have not filled your hard drive with too
much data
Ö
1
Click on the letter corresponding to your PC’s
hard drive in Windo
do
do
dows Explorer. The amount of
free space on the disk is displayed at the bottom
of the Explorer window.
2
Remove or back up any unwanted files.
3
Compress any files you do not often have to
access with a file compression utility.
You are not storing large numbers of
unnecessary temporary files on your PC
Ö
Select Prog
og
og
ograms
Ö
Access
ss
ss
ssories
Ö
System Tools
Ö
Disk Clea
ea
ea
eanu
nu
nu
nup from the Start
rt
rt
rt menu. This will
check your system for files you can safely delete.
For more information on optimizing PC performance, refer to the PC’s online HP Brio Center
Is My Problem Hardware or Software Related?
Have you checked that...
How
Your PC’s hardware is functioning normally.
Ö
Run HP e-DiagTools. Refer to page 42.