10 Simple tips to bring computer to normal state when it freezes or hangs up
Sometimes when you are in the middle of someting and suddenly
your computer hangs or freezes. You are left with no other option
than to restart your computer directly. But the only problem is, you
have not saved your work! Don’t panic! There is a solution for that!
And you can surely save your file! Here’s how:
First keep on pressing “Num Lock” key until your Operating system is
back to normal state. This releases the processor from any busy
process. If this doesn’t work then follow the below ten tips to bring
you computer back to normal state when it is struck.
1. Click on “ctrl-alt-delete” keys. The windows task manager will then
open, click on all programs that you don’t need and end the task. You
will see that all programs on your taskbar will close one by one. If this
will resolve the issue! – then save!
(tip# 1: if you’re working on an MS Office application, it will
automatically save your file in case the programs suddenly shut down
—
tip# 2: always save your file at least every 2 minutes by just simply
clicking on the “diskette icon”— its just one click!)
2. If it did not resolve the issue, are there some users logged on that
computer? If so, go to switch user (for XP) and log off that user, go
back to your log on screen and log on again. The reason the computer
hang up is because if there are many open programs and applications,
these retains in the memory, if it is too much for the memory to
handle, it freezes! Another reason too the computer hang up is
because if you are connected to the internet via dial up, and you are
running too many applications and opening many websites. So I
suggest, if you are multimedia user or a heavy internet user, then you
are better off with a higher memory, at least 512Mb of memory.
There are simple ways to avoid computer to freeze or hang up:
3. Clean your history at least once a week >tools>internet
options>clear history. I normally set my history to “0”, meaning, when
I restart my computer, it doesn’t save history pages that I have visited
4. Delete all internet temporary files >tools>internet options>delete
files (do the “offline” content too!)
5. Delete cookies (some do not do this, but I do delete cookies at
least once a week!) >tools>internet options>delete cookies
6. Remove unnecessary programs that you no longer use they are just
occupying space and memory! >control panel>add/remove programs
7. Do defragmentation at least once a week >point the mouse to
“start” button, then right click “explore”>right click the mouse
pointing to drive C (which is usually the main system logical drive)
>properties>tools>defragment now
8. You can also check the logical drive’s volume for errors >point the
mouse to “start” button, then right click “explore”>right click the
mouse pointing to drive C (I repeat, is usually the main system logical
drive) >properties>tools>check now
9. It is better to have only one user being logged on. Even if there are
many users, make sure the user logs off after using the computer,
rather than keeping it logged on and you do the switching of users.
Switching users is good as long as you don’t keep all users logged
on—I think that is more logical
10. Always shut down properly the computer (do NOT use the power
button when turning it off!)
Sometimes when you are in the middle of someting and suddenly
your computer hangs or freezes. You are left with no other option
than to restart your computer directly. But the only problem is, you
have not saved your work! Don’t panic! There is a solution for that!
And you can surely save your file! Here’s how:
First keep on pressing “Num Lock” key until your Operating system is
back to normal state. This releases the processor from any busy
process. If this doesn’t work then follow the below ten tips to bring
you computer back to normal state when it is struck.
1. Click on “ctrl-alt-delete” keys. The windows task manager will then
open, click on all programs that you don’t need and end the task. You
will see that all programs on your taskbar will close one by one. If this
will resolve the issue! – then save!
(tip# 1: if you’re working on an MS Office application, it will
automatically save your file in case the programs suddenly shut down
—
tip# 2: always save your file at least every 2 minutes by just simply
clicking on the “diskette icon”— its just one click!)
2. If it did not resolve the issue, are there some users logged on that
computer? If so, go to switch user (for XP) and log off that user, go
back to your log on screen and log on again. The reason the computer
hang up is because if there are many open programs and applications,
these retains in the memory, if it is too much for the memory to
handle, it freezes! Another reason too the computer hang up is
because if you are connected to the internet via dial up, and you are
running too many applications and opening many websites. So I
suggest, if you are multimedia user or a heavy internet user, then you
are better off with a higher memory, at least 512Mb of memory.
There are simple ways to avoid computer to freeze or hang up:
3. Clean your history at least once a week >tools>internet
options>clear history. I normally set my history to “0”, meaning, when
I restart my computer, it doesn’t save history pages that I have visited
4. Delete all internet temporary files >tools>internet options>delete
files (do the “offline” content too!)
5. Delete cookies (some do not do this, but I do delete cookies at
least once a week!) >tools>internet options>delete cookies
6. Remove unnecessary programs that you no longer use they are just
occupying space and memory! >control panel>add/remove programs
7. Do defragmentation at least once a week >point the mouse to
“start” button, then right click “explore”>right click the mouse
pointing to drive C (which is usually the main system logical drive)
>properties>tools>defragment now
8. You can also check the logical drive’s volume for errors >point the
mouse to “start” button, then right click “explore”>right click the
mouse pointing to drive C (I repeat, is usually the main system logical
drive) >properties>tools>check now
9. It is better to have only one user being logged on. Even if there are
many users, make sure the user logs off after using the computer,
rather than keeping it logged on and you do the switching of users.
Switching users is good as long as you don’t keep all users logged
on—I think that is more logical
10. Always shut down properly the computer (do NOT use the power
button when turning it off!)
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