
Sony Notebook User Guide
Getting help
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❑ Restart the computer by pressing <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Delete>. The Windows Security dialog box appears.
Click Shut Down…. The Shut Down Windows dialog box appears. Select Shut down and click OK.
❑ If this does not work, press the power button and hold it for at least four seconds.
This turns off the power.
❑ Unplug the computer from the AC adapter and remove the battery pack from your computer.
My computer locks up
❑ If you suspect one application is locking your system, you can try to stop it. To do this, press
<Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Delete> once, select the application that is locking your system, and then click End
Task.
❑ If the above method does not work or you do not know which application is locking your system, restart
the computer. On the Windows
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taskbar, click the Start button, click Shut Down, and then select Shut
Down in the list and click OK.
❑ If the above method does not work, press the power button and hold it for at least four seconds. This
turns off the power.
❑ If your computer locks up while playing a CD-ROM, stop the CD-ROM, and shutdown the computer by
pressing <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Delete>, and then click Shut Down.
My software program locks up or crashes
Contact the software publisher or designated provider for technical support.
My touchpad interprets a single tap as a double-click
Open the Mouse icon in the Control Panel and change the button assignments in the Mouse Properties
dialog box. One of the buttons is assigned to the double-click action.