To: dd5339
I have never seen a computer that would not power off by pressing and holding down the power button until the system shuts down.
3 posted on
10/15/2004 7:01:01 AM PDT by
Time is now
(Dohhhh!)
To: Time is now
I have never seen a computer that would not power off by pressing and holding down the power button until the system shuts down. I have, and when I killed it with the power strip, it wouldn't power back up.
23 posted on
10/15/2004 7:33:23 AM PDT by
Tijeras_Slim
(I want to have fanatical henchmen when I grow up.)
To: Time is now
I have.
Usually Macs. They didn't even let you eject a disk easily ages ago, except w/a paper clip wire.
But also 1 POS HP that did everything bad under the sun you can think of. IOW, it was never consistent in behavior, except giving being bad.
Yup, that's "intelligence".
26 posted on
10/15/2004 7:35:33 AM PDT by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
To: Time is now
Laptops are a different animal.
I keep a paperclip to press the reset switch that is on the back of mine.
32 posted on
10/18/2004 12:29:45 PM PDT by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
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