laptop wont shut down

[pusskin]

last time i couldnt turn off my laptop, i was told to force close down by holding down the off buton for a few seconds, and it worked! Should i do this again and hope it doesnt cause any big problems?. was ok last time

[daisya]

That's the only way I know to do it when it or the desk top won't switch off. Good to do a scan disk et al when you reboot though (or it does it for you on Win 98 SE) if it's not been closed down properly.

[bobthefisherman]

I usually unplug mine and take the battery out...... It starts up perfectly next time I need it.

[craft1948]

I often had to do the 'button hold-down' with my Dell.............

[rowanwitch]

have to do it a lot with my pc never seemed to get the problem with my old one or my laptop but other friends with new machines running windows 7 seem to have the same difficulty... if I click hibernate it goes off sometimes, sleep it does nothing and off is off, hibernate or sleep depending on the weather or other random variable

[Postdog]

I'm with bob. I have to do that when it freezes

[pusskin]

many thanks for replies folks. I've also noticed since I couldnt turn off , that a small oblong box on the bottom right hand side of the screen says ----
Belikin.3718, underneath it saysinternet access. never had that on screen befoer , bit of a mystery there

[craft1948]

Have you tried just holding the off button down Postdog.......removing the battery seems a bit extreme.

[pusskin]

my laptop has been freezing quite a bit tonight, on other sites too

[craft1948]

Are you doing Alt+Ctrl+Del........

[craft1948]

or even Ctrl+Alt+Del....

[tamborine]

Adverts downloading often freeze the page. Use this to block adverts

https://chrome.google...lfepjocnamgkkbiglidom

[pusskin]

not sure what you mean Craft1948. Just hold the first two down together?
dont know the + dell means lol

[cazzz1975]

delete :)

[craft1948]

If your laptop freezes hold down the Ctrl + Alt + Delete buttons at the same time and that particular screen should shut down..........

[pusskin]

haha delete. stoopid me. Well, thanks once again for all your replies, much appreciated.. must try and turn off now for the night,so will return with an update in the morning ---fingers crossed ay x nite nite

[KageTora]

It shouldn't be a problem. You can also take out the power cable, and then the battery for 30 seconds, then put the battery back in, and then the cable, then switch it on. There really should be no problem.

[KageTora]

The Belkin thing is just the name of your wireless modem. The message is just telling you you're connected.

[pusskin]

many thanks once again x pussskins ----here goes