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Can't close windows

Angelic
Angelic Posts: 2,474 Forumite
edited 27 July 2012 at 7:58PM in Techie Stuff
Can someone help me out?
I think I might have a bug in my email/MSN as my computer crashed and i've noticed the last time it happened was when I wrote a long email with different sized font and colours.
Using the taskbar to close the windows didn't help and in the end the screen went black , logged me out of my email and lost film I was watching.

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  • fwor
    fwor Posts: 7,023
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    Depends what version of Windows you have, but have you tried Alt + Ctrl + Del to bring up the Task Manager, where you can kill the applications that have non-responsive windows open?

    Alternatively, Alt + Tab should allow you to step through all of the windows that are open.
  • mandi
    mandi Posts: 11,932
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    Turn your Pc off then turn it back on again .. simples :)
  • sassy_one
    sassy_one Posts: 2,700
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    Press and hold the power button on the computer for 5-10 seconds, let go.

    Leave for one minute

    Press power button again

    Should be fine :)

    carry out a anti virus scan
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