Performance

Symptom

Possible solution

 

 

System works improperly

Your HP Firebird uses the operating system and installed software

or stops.

programs during normal operation. If your system works improperly

 

or stops, you may be able to repair it using one of the two methods

 

below:

 

Restart your HP Firebird

 

Restarting is the simplest method of repair for your system. When

 

you restart, the computer reloads the operating system and software

 

into its memory.

 

To restart your HP Firebird:

 

1 Close all open programs and windows.

 

2 Click the Windows Vista start

 

button, click the Arrow button next to

 

the Lock button, and then click Restart.

 

 

 

Turn off your HP Firebird

 

When you turn off your HP Firebird and then turn it on again, you

 

force the system to reload the operating system into its memory,

 

which clears some tracking information. This may eliminate some

 

problems that can remain after you perform a restart.

 

To turn off your HP Firebird:

 

1 Close all open programs and windows.

 

2 Click the Windows Vista start

 

button, click the Arrow button next to

 

the Lock button, and then click

 

Shut Down.

 

3 Restart your system by pressing the Power button on the left

 

side of the badge on the front of the HP Firebird.

 

 

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