Restarting (Rebooting) Your Convertible Notebook - Gateway Notebook Hardware Reference Manual

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Restarting (rebooting) your convertible notebook

Important
If your convertible notebook does not
turn off immediately, complete the
steps until the convertible notebook
1. Press and hold the power button for
about five seconds, then release it.
2. Unplug the power cord and remove the
battery for more than 10 seconds.
If your convertible notebook does not respond to keyboard, touchpad, or
mouse input, you may have to close programs that are not responding. If closing
unresponsive programs does not restore your convertible notebook to normal
following
operation, you may have to restart (reboot) your convertible notebook.
turns off:
To close unresponsive programs and restart your convertible notebook:
Press the Windows Security button
1
opens. For more information, see
page 20.
-OR-
Press C
Tap or click Task Manager. The Windows Task Manager dialog box opens.
2
Tap or click the program that is not responding.
3
Tap or click End Task.
4
Tap or click X in the top-right corner of the Windows Task Manager dialog
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box.
If your convertible notebook does not respond, turn it off, wait ten
6
seconds, then turn it on again.
As a part of the regular startup process, a program to check the disk status
runs automatically. When the checks are finished, Windows starts.
Restarting (rebooting) your convertible notebook
+A +D . The Windows Security dialog box opens.
TRL LT EL
. The Windows Security dialog box
"Using the tablet control buttons" on
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