To perform a forced restart on your device, press and hold the power button and the volume button for 10 seconds. Note: Your phone data will not be erased.
To force start Windows 10, press Win+X to choose the Shut down or sign out option, then press Enter. This way, you can directly shut down your computer from the keyboard.
If your computer freezes, here’s what you should do:
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You can try using the CTRL + ALT + DEL key combination. This will give you access to the processes menu where you can select various functions such as resetting the computer or opening the list of running tasks.
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Run an antivirus scan.
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Clean or defragment the disk.
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Forcefully shut down the computer if necessary.
No matter how many times you cancel them, that specific application will continue to run in the background. Forcing the shutdown of a specific application will terminate all foreground and background processes related to that application completely and immediately.
To shut down your phone forcefully, press and hold the side button and one of the volume buttons until the shutdown slider appears. Wait for 30 seconds for the device to power off by dragging the slider. If your device is frozen or unresponsive, perform a forced restart.
To put your computer with Windows 10 on standby, go to Start and choose Settings, then Power and sleep. You can select screen settings to specify the duration of inactivity after which the screen will automatically turn off.
The most commonly used method is to use the Alt + F4 key combination on the desktop. After completing it, press the "Enter" button. You can also restart Windows 10 and other versions using the same shortcut. If it is a keyboard with Fn, which is common in laptops, the combination becomes Alt + Fn + F4.
If the CTRL + ALT + DEL combination on the screen doesn’t yield results, try these solutions:
- Restore the system.
- Start the repair.
- Turn off Fastboot.
- Restart the graphics drivers.
In these cases, the solution is simply to press CTRL-SHIFT-ESC to open the task manager and "kill" or terminate an application or program that is "not responding" because it is using too much RAM or using 99% of the CPU.
If the computer is not functioning properly, try reinstalling the drivers. Then, go to Device Manager, click on the name of your device, and choose "Uninstall." Windows 10 will attempt to reinstall the driver after restarting the computer.