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Sony Notebook
User Guide
Getting help
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My computer locks up (Windows
®
XP)
❑ If you suspect one application is locking your system, you can try to stop it. To do this, press
<Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Delete> simultaneously. If you have not changed the default settings, you will enter the
Task Manager . Select the application or process that is locking your system, and then click End Task .
❑ If the above method does not work or you do not know which application is locking your system, restart
the computer. On the Windows
®
taskbar, click the Start button, click Turn Off Computer , and then
select Turn Off .
❑ If the above method does not work, press the power button and hold it for at least four seconds. This
turns off the power.
❑ If your computer locks up while playing a CD-ROM, stop the CD-ROM, and shut down the computer by
pressing
<Alt>+<F4> and clicking Turn Off in the Turn off computer screen.
My computer locks up (Windows
®
2000)
❑ If you suspect one application is locking your system, you can try to stop it. To do this, press
<Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Delete> simultaneously and select the application or the process that is locking your
system, and then click Shut Down on the Windows Security screen.
❑ If the above method does not work or you do not know which application is locking your system, restart
the computer. On the Windows
®
taskbar, click the Start button, click Shut Down , and then select Shut
Down in the drop-down list and click OK .
❑ If the above method does not work, press the power button and hold it for at least four seconds. This
turns off the power.
❑ If your computer locks up while playing a CD-ROM, stop the CD-ROM, and shutdown the computer by
pressing
<Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Delete> simultaneously and clicking Shut Down on the Windows Security
screen.