Sometimes when
you are working you will need to restart your computer because
of error messages that you receive or because it is not
reading your floppy disk or zip disk.
NOTE:
Restarting will solve about 90% of the computer troubles
that you encounter during these training sessions and as
you work on your technology projects.If restarting does
not resolve a problem, ask for help from the trainers or
the lab staff.
If the computer
is not frozen (i.e. the mouse still moves and you can make
selections with it):
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Quit all
open programs by going to the File menu and choosing
Quit.
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Go to the
Special menu and choose Restart or press
the power button on the computer and click the Restart
button.
If the computer
is frozen (i.e. you cannot do anything including move the
mouse):
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Try pressing
the open-apple, option, and esc
keys all at the same time. This will force quit the
program that you are working in causing any unsaved
work to be lost.
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When the
dialog box appears, click on the Force Quit button.This
should quit the program and allow you to continue working
without restarting the computer.If you are still unable
to move the mouse, continue to the next step, as you
will need to restart the machine.
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To restart
the computer, locate the two small buttons that are
under the power key on the CPU itself.Press the reset
button on the left.
