Dell 2300 General Problems, Computer stops responding, Program stops responding, Click End Task

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NO T E N O U G H M E M O R Y O R R E S O U R C E S . CL O S E S O M E P R O G R A M S A N D

T R Y A G A I N — You have too many programs open. Close all windows and open the program that you want to use. In some cases, you might have to restart your computer to restore computer resources. If so, try running the program that you want to use first.

OP E R A T I N G S Y S T E M N O T F O U N D — Contact Dell (see page 93).

TH E F I L E B E I N G C O P I E D I S T O O L A R G E F O R T H E D E S T I N A T I O N

D R I V E — The file that you are trying to copy is too large to fit on the disk. Try copying the file to a blank disk or using a larger-capacity disk.

x:\ I S N O T A C C E S S I B L E . TH E D E V I C E I S N O T R E A D Y — Insert a disk into the drive and try again.

General Problems

The computer stops responding

TU R N T H E C O M P U T E R O F F — If your computer locks up and you are unable to get a response by pressing a key on your keyboard or moving your mouse, press and hold the power button for at least 8 to 10 seconds until the computer turns off. Then press the power button again to turn on the computer. You might lose data if you are unable to perform an operating system shutdown.

A program stops responding

EN D T H E P R O G R A M —

1 Press <Ctrl><Shift><Esc> simultaneously.

2Click Applications.

3Click the program that is no longer responding.

4Click End Task.

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