Urgent !! my laptop wont shut down?

Question

please help i was on yahoo answers about 30 mins ago when it froze so i opened up windows task manager and closed it from there then my windows media player and my music folder crashed and i closed them with task manager then i got a warning sign sayingn windows explorer is not responding and it gave me 3 options restart close or wait i chose neither and left the sign running i didnt want to do anything as i thought one of them may harm my computer then i went to the task manager and shut my computer down but it has beeen at the logging off point for over 30 minutes now and i fear i have severly damaged my computer

PLEASE HELP ITS STILL AT LOGGING OFF

the wheeel is still turning so it means it is responsive

i am using windows vista home premium

Answer 1

press the power off/on button for a few sec. It will hard shut down

Answer 2

The best thing to do is refresh your computer, if it doesnt work restart it.If you shut it off or restart it, the worst that could happen is that it wont save your previous settings or changes.Either your computer had too many programs running at once or your memory is too full which slows it down and eventualy freezes it.If you've been playing on the internet the possibility is always there that you downloaded a virus through a email or a site.My computer at work always freezes bacause it's over run,doing too much at once.You computer needs time to process each request to give it time to finish before ou continue.Shut it off manualy and start over.
Goodluck xxx

Answer 3

First of all, do not panic. Computers "freeze" all the time. As the other people have said, simply powering it off manually will not destroy anything. Some files will be dumped elsewhere but that can easily be remedied by running your performance and maintenance and defragging. The next time it happens, simply choose restart - no problem.

Finally, one of the problems is that you're using Windows Vista. Do people like it - not so much.

Answer 4

-press the power button for 5 seconds (this will shut it down)
-wait a while before you turn it back on
-after about 20 minutes turn it back on
-be patient with it
-see if your music files are still ok
-go back onto the internet
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if you are still having problems then ring the manufacture or the store that sold it to you and then ask about the problems,and if it is defected and this is your first ear of having it then they will replace it

your internet service provider does not have anything to do with this because its a problem with the laptop and the browsers,not the web

Answer 5

thats the same kind of laptop i have the whole vista thing yeah i dont like it. it frezzes up alot and all maybe you shouls call customer service about ur computer. i would get a different program but i dont think you can do that. i kno i cant do that for mine.
u want to talk? im really bored

Answer 6

Hold the off switch down for a few (5-10) seconds, this will power it down safely.

Hope this helps.;)

Answer 7

Hold down the button or take out the battery.....anyways if it shuttung down and freezing and all this crap how did get the chance to write this question?

Answer 8

Push the power button and hold it in for 5 seconds. This is an emergency power down.

Answer 9

Run over it with your car. That will shut it off. My wife did that to mine not only did it shut off it never turned on again.

Answer 10

Pour some orange juice all over the keyboard.

I did that to my mums computer and it shut down ok.