A Program Stops Responding; A Solid Blue Screen Appears; Error Messages Appear - Dell Inspiron 2650 User Manual

Solving Problems: Dell Inspiron 2600 and 2650
See the software documentation —
maintain websites with information that may help you solve the problem.
Ensure that you properly installed and configured the program. Reinstall the
program if necessary.

A program stops responding

End the program
1. Simultaneously press
2. Click the Applications tab, and then select the program that is no
longer responding.
3. Click End Task.

A solid blue screen appears

Turn the computer off —
or a proper shutdown, press the power button until the computer turns off.
Press the power button again to restart the computer. The solid blue screen
appears because you were not able to perform a proper Windows®
shutdown. ScanDisk automatically runs during the start-up process. Follow
the instructions on the screen.

Error messages appear

Review "Error Messages" —
appropriate action. See the software documentation.
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If the computer does not respond to a keystroke
Look up the message and take the
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