By: Pinky Mcbanon
You are in the middle of doing your work, suddenly you realized your computer hang up. But the 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:
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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my computer frezes up when i start it up what do i do?
my computer frezes up when i start it up what do i do? and it takes forever to get on.
Try to boot from a CD (I hope you have a bootable one). What operating system are you using?
this was vey,very. helpful. thank you
hi,
a day before i loaded Avast antivirus free addition on my pc while Avg antivirus was already there……..after loading when i am restarting my comp, it s not starting properly. it only displaays the wallpaper and my private setiings but on clicking on the setings or menu it doesnt open
i have tried by restarting my comp many times but its not helping anyway. It still shows the same thing nad is not taking any command …..
plz help as soon as posible.
hey, please help me. i do not know what to do when my computer hanged up. I would press almost all the button but it will not make any sense. All i need to do is press down and hold the “Power Button”. it usually hang up 3 times a day.
srsly do you guys find this article useful?? nah i dont… what if nothing responds? i mean nothing not the ctrl alt del, not ur mouse, nor any keys on the keyboard…there is a very little or none u cud do when the computer hangs up… everything u gotta do is before in regular basis… and one more thing there are better articles on this..search!
lol, that was one of the ideas in the article: you have to do some things such as regular maintenance before the computer hangs up. And if Ctrl+Alt+Del isn’t working, you can always unplug your PC from the power supply.
And you’re right, there always is a better article out there…