10 Things to do when ur PC Hangs - Tabsheer Abdulla

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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 workthen follow

the below ten tips to bring

youcomputer back to

normal state when it is

struck.

1. Click on " ctrl-alt-delete keys. The windows task

manager will then open,

clickon all programs that

you don t need and end

the task. You will see that

all programson your taskbar will close one by

one. If this will resolve the

issue! then save! NOTE: Post your comments

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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 2minutes

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 spaceand

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 " explorer>right click

the mouse pointing to drive C (I repeat, is usually

the main systemlogical

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

10. Always shut down

properly the computer (do

NOT use the power button

when turning it off!