10 Simple tips to bring computer to normal state when it freezes or hangs up

Sometimes when you are in
the middle of someting and
suddenly your computer
hangs or freezes. You are
left with no other option
than to restart your
computer directly. But the
only problem is, you have
not saved your work! Don’t
panic! There is a solution
for that! And you can surely
save your file! Here’s how:
First keep on
pressing “Num Lock” key
until

your Operating system is
back to normal state. This
releases the processor from
any busy process. If this
doesn’t work then follow
the below ten tips to bring
you computer back to
normal state when it is
struck.

1. Click on “ctrl-alt-delete”
keys. The windows task
manager will then open,
click on all programs that
you don’t need and end the
task. You will see that all
programs on your taskbar
will close one by one. If this
will resolve the issue! – then
save!
(tip# 1: if you’re working
on an MS Office application,
it will automatically save
your file in case the
programs suddenly shut
down —

tip# 2: always save your file
at least every 2 minutes by
just simply clicking on the
“diskette icon”— its just one
click!

2. If it did not resolve the
issue, are there some users
logged on that computer? If
so, go to switch user (for
XP) and log off that user, go
back to your log on screen
and log on again. The reason
the computer hang up is
because if there are many
open programs and
applications, these retains in
the memory, if it is too
much for the memory to
handle, it freezes! Another
reason too the computer
hang up is because if you
are connected to the
internet via dial up, and you
are running too many
applications and opening
many websites. So I suggest,
if you are multimedia user
or a heavy internet user,
then you are better off with
a higher memory, at least
512Mb of memory. There
are simple ways to avoid
computer to freeze or hang
up:

3. Clean your history at
least once a week
>tools>internet
options>clear history. I
normally set my history to
“0”, meaning, when I restart
my computer, it doesn’t
save history pages that I
have visited

4. Delete all internet
temporary files
>tools>internet
options>delete files (do the
“offline” content too!)

5. Delete cookies (some do
not do this, but I do delete
cookies at least once a
week!) >tools>internet
options>delete cookies

6. Remove unnecessary
programs that you no longer
use they are just occupying
space and memory! >control
panel>add/remove programs

7. Do defragmentation at
least once a week >point
the mouse to “start” button,
then right click
“explore”>right click the
mouse pointing to drive C
(which is usually the main
system logical drive)
>properties>tools>
defragment now

8. You can also check the
logical drive’s volume for
errors >point the mouse to
“start” button, then right
click “explore”>right click
the mouse pointing to drive
C (I repeat, is usually the
main system logical drive)
>properties>tools>check
now

9. It is better to have only
one user being logged on.
Even if there are many
users, make sure the user
logs off after using the
computer, rather than
keeping it logged on and
you do the switching of
users. Switching users is
good as long as you don’t
keep all users logged on—I
think that is more logical

10. Always shut down
properly the computer (do
NOT use the power button
when turning it off!