I was playing the game overwatch and it froze (rather unusual).

Computer froze and won't turn off. Pull the power and dissipate all the static charge. Click the services tab, click to select the hide all microsoft services check box, and then click disable. Pull the video card and cables to the os drive and try to boot linux flash drive and see if all functions like it should.

However, if ctrl+alt+delete didn’t work, this method probably won’t either. Once the computer is off, wait a few seconds, turn it back on and let it. Make sure you save and close all your documents.

I could still move the mouse and hear the game and chat. Once shut off, let the computer sit until the bottom is cool, and restart like normal. When your computer is frozen and does not turn off, you may be immediately inclined to hold down the power button, unplug your computer, or remove the battery (for.

It won't necessarily work every time, but it's worth a shot—do some digging on whatever program crashed to see if it has a similar feature. If you hold the power button for 10 seconds then it should force a power off, failing that it's a case of pulling the power lead and. Then i tried to turn it off using the button on my motherboard, that didn't work either.

Holding down the power button lets you turn off. This subreddit is for general discussion of computers. Kill programs in task manager.

Advertisement step 3 remove the. More often than not, the reason that a computer freezes is due to a crashed program. When i turn on my computer, i have just enough time to open the internet to one page (~1 minute) before my computer freezes.